She is a Chinese women's ranking player, who has led the Chinese women's volleyball team out of Asia, and has won Asian championships, World Cup championships and other awards.
She is the hero of the Chinese women's volleyball team's five consecutive championships, and once disregarded the injury for the game, hung her left arm with a bandage, and played with one arm, winning the reputation of "one-armed general".
She is the first person in China to be promoted from an athlete to a general, a former legend of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and a former Chinese women's volleyball player who has made great contributions to the women's volleyball team.
It's a pity that this invincible female ranking player on the field withdrew from the national team early due to physical reasons.
After leaving the field, Chen Zhaodi transformed into a coach, leading the national team to stand on the podium of the continental and world competitions 6 times, and also achieved proud results in her coaching career.
It is a pity that she was riddled with illness and left this wonderful world at the age of 58, at her funeral, Lang Ping cried uncontrollably, and Yuan Weimin's words directly made the team members cry......
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Chen Zhaodi was born in 1955 and is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Every time I walk with girls of the same age, other girls pay extra attention to their own image, and she is straightforward and sincere, always giving people a big grinning feeling.
After going to school, Chen Zhaodi's athletic talent slowly showed, and she always attracted attention at the school sports meeting, and she was a well-known sports top student in her class.
In middle school, because she was taller than her peers and had good jumping power, Chen Zhaodi once specialized in the sport of high jump.
Later, at the suggestion of teachers and classmates, Chen Zhaodi participated in the Hangzhou Middle School Student Games, and in the process of the competition, she showed excellent jumping ability, not only achieved good results in the competition, but also attracted the attention of the provincial women's volleyball team.
In their opinion, Chen Zhaodi's super jumping ability and her size are very suitable for the path of a volleyball player, and they immediately handed her an olive branch.
For their children to be able to take the road of athletes, in that era when they were proud of athletes, Chen Zhaodi's parents naturally would not refuse, and they happily sent Chen Zhaodi to learn Xi volleyball.
In December 1970, Chen Zhaodi, who was only 15 years old, became a member of the Zhejiang women's volleyball team.
In less than five months of development in the Zhejiang women's volleyball team, due to her excellent jumping ability and super high volleyball talent, Chen Zhaodi was selected by the youth training team of Beijing Institute of Sport and was transferred to Beijing for development.
In 1973, Chen Zhaodi joined the army and was selected for the Bayi women's volleyball team, officially starting her volleyball career.
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After entering the Bayi team, Chen Zhaodi began to follow the Bayi team everywhere, participated in various domestic competitions, performed very well, and soon made a name for herself in the domestic volleyball world.
However, Chen Zhaodi also did not stay in the Bayi team all the time, and soon she stood on a higher stage.
In 1976, Chen Zhaodi was selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team and became a member of the national team, and the coach of the national team at that time was Yuan Weimin.
It is not easy for the national team to gain a firm foothold here, and Chen Zhaodi is also aware of this, for this reason, she has been working hard since entering the national team.
Many years later, when her coach recalled her, in addition to praising her for her good ball sense and good understanding, she also said that she was very hardworking and was the hardest working person in training.
In 1977, 22-year-old Chen Zhaodi followed the national team to the world stage, participated in the Women's Volleyball World Cup and the World Championships that year, and won the fourth and sixth places respectively.
In the same year, when participating in the Asian Games, she and her teammates fought bravely on the field and won the runner-up in the Asian Games that year.
The following year, Chen Zhaodi and her teammates participated in the Asian Games again, and this time, they cooperated seamlessly on the field and successfully won the Asian championship, which is worth saying that this is the first time that the Chinese team has won the Asian championship!
For Chen Zhaodi, this is not the peak of her career, it is just the beginning.
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In 1981, Chen Zhaodi represented the Chinese women's volleyball team in the World Cup and appeared on this stage again.
They not only successfully entered the finals, but also won the World Cup championship with their super high level and perfect cooperation.
This is not only Chen Zhaodi's first world championship, but also the first time that the Chinese women's volleyball team has won the championship in the World Series, laying the foundation for the later Chinese women's volleyball team to win five consecutive championships.
What many people don't know is that when participating in this competition, Chen Zhaodi played with an injury.
As early as 1978, when Chen Zhaodi participated in the National Volleyball League, she suffered a bone injury in her left arm.
In June of the following year, when playing against the Asian club champion Hitachi of Japan, Chen Zhaodi, who had not fully recovered from the injury, was injured again when he scratched his bone when blocking the net, and this time, it directly led to a fracture.
In the same year, in the 4th National Games, in order to help the team win the championship, Chen Zhaodi, who was still recuperating from her injury, did not listen to the dissuasion to go on the field with an injury, hung her left arm with a bandage, and played with one arm, and she won the reputation of "one-armed general" after the game.
When participating in the 1981 World Cup, Chen Zhaodi was unable to move because of a recurrence of a back injury before the final, and it hurt to take a step.
After learning about her situation, her coach and teammates advised her to rest, but considering the importance of the event, she gritted her teeth and persevered in the race, and finally won the championship.
After the game, Chen Zhaodi, who was relaxed all of a sudden, was injured and couldn't move, and finally barely walked onto the podium with the support of her teammates.
In 1982, Chen Zhaodi led the national team to the World Championships and Yang Yunhua, both of which won the championship.
During her 7 years of service in the national team, she witnessed the golden age of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and followed the women's volleyball team to create excellent results of "five consecutive championships".
Because of her high achievements in volleyball and her contribution to the Chinese women's volleyball team, she also won the title of "Athlete".
It's a pity that the female ranking player, who looked down on the field, finally left the field early because of injury.
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In 1983, because of the pain caused by her body, Chen Zhaodi no longer cared about high-intensity training and competitions, and she had no choice but to quit the national team.
However, although she left the court, Chen Zhaodi did not leave the volleyball career she loved, but changed to another way of development.
Not long after retiring, Chen Zhaodi was transferred to the captain of the Bayi team and the deputy political commissar of the women's volleyball team, during which she was arranged to assist the head coach of the national team in addition to working in the Bayi team.
In 1984, the second year of Chen Zhaodi's retirement, with her assistance, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the Olympic championship for the first time and successfully achieved the "three consecutive championships" of the World Cup, the World Championships and the Olympic Games!
Chen Zhaodi, who only focused on competition before retiring, also gained her love after retiring and came together with her husband Guo Xiaoming.
Guo Xiaoming, who was born as an athlete, was a basketball player in the Bayi Industrial Brigade, and after retiring, he went to the sea to do business, and with his innate business acumen, he developed in the real estate industry.
In 1985, Chen Zhaodi married Guo Xiaoming in a low-key manner and formed a warm small family with him.
After marriage, Chen Zhaodi wanted to quit her job at that time and stay by her husband's side with peace of mind, but she was needed in Chinese volleyball at that time, and after careful consideration, she finally chose to continue to stay in the volleyball industry.
In 1986, Chen Zhaodi was arranged to serve as the head coach of the national youth women's volleyball team, from a national team player to a national team coach, Chen Zhaodi achieved a perfect transformation.
Subsequently, under the leadership and training of Chen Zhaodi, the national team won the Asian Youth Championship and the World Youth Third Place, during which many outstanding volleyball players emerged.
In 1987, Chen Zhaodi gave birth to her and Guo Xiaoming's daughter Guo Chen, and after the child was born, Chen Zhaodi briefly stopped her career.
She wanted to continue to return to the national team after her body was well adjusted, but what she didn't expect was that she was riddled with illness!
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In 1998, the year after giving birth to her daughter, Chen Zhaodi was diagnosed with cancer, which was rectal cancer.
Fortunately, due to the early detection of the disease, her cancer is at an early stage, and as long as she receives good treatment, the chances of recovery are particularly high.
Later, Chen Zhaodi began to receive treatment, and after surgery, her condition was controlled, her body recovered very well, and she returned to work.
In 1989, Chen Zhaodi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, immediately returned to the national team and served as the leader of the national team.
Under the leadership of Chen Zhaodi, the national team has since reached the podium of continental and world competitions six times, including the 1989 Asian Championships, the 1990 Asian Games, and the 1991 World Cup runner-up.
It was not until 1993 that Chen Zhaodi was transferred to the vice chairman and consultant of the Chinese Volleyball Association that her teaching career officially ended.
Since 1993, Chen Zhaodi's work focus has shifted to management positions, focusing on promoting the development of volleyball in China, and she has successively served as the director of the Culture and Sports Bureau of the General Political Department, and the deputy political commissar of the Ministry of Direct Industry of the General Political Department.
In 2006, in recognition of her contribution to Chinese volleyball, she was promoted to major general, becoming the first person in China to be promoted from athlete to female general!
In 2008, during the Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Zhaodi, who witnessed the glory of the Chinese women's volleyball team, was invited to serve as the anchor of the CCTV Olympic Channel, and joined forces with Song Shixiong, a long-retired CCTV celebrity, as the commentator of the Chinese women's volleyball game.
It is regrettable that soon after, Chen Zhaodi was found to have cancer again during the physical examination, this time she suffered from the internal tumor of the spirit essence, which is a type of liver cancer.
Due to the late discovery, the cancer was already at an advanced stage at that time, and the cancer cells began to spread and metastasize, and Chen Zhaodi's physical condition became worse and worse.
In 2013, Chen Zhaodi, who had no success in fighting cancer, was already dying, and she was most worried about her daughter, who told her daughter many times to take good care of herself.
On the afternoon of April 1 of the same year, Chen Zhaodi died of illness in Beijing at the age of 58.
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For Chen Zhaodi's untimely death, many people feel sorry and sorry for her, and many sports celebrities and celebrities in the sports world have gone to see her off for the last time.
At Chen Zhaodi's funeral, Lang Ping, who had worked with her many times, was so sad that she couldn't cry at all, she choked up and said: "We are good sisters in this life, and we will be good sisters in the next life!"
Chen Zhaodi's former coach Yuan Weimin, after the funeral began, he often mourned with the members of the national team, in order to ease everyone's emotions, he turned back and said to everyone: "Don't fall behind, keep up, don't cry." ”
What he didn't expect was that his teammates, who were originally suppressing their sadness, couldn't help crying and shed tears of grief when they heard his words and thought of Chen Zhaodi, who died early.
What is touching is that after Chen Zhaodi's death, people later mixed many steel nails in her ashes.
At first, many people were curious and didn't know why the steel nails appeared, until they learned about Chen Zhaodi's life and found out that these were all left by her injuries when she competed in the arena that year.
These steel nails witness her hard work on the field, and also symbolize the glory she has won in the past!
After Chen Zhaodi's death, her husband and daughter depended on each other, and under the healing of time, both father and daughter slowly walked out of the grief of her death.
Her daughter Guo Chen, who has always been at ease, later met a man named Zhang Bo, and the two fell in love and entered the palace of marriage in 2018.
In 2020, Guo Chen and Zhang Bo gave birth to a daughter and formed a happy family of three.
Time flies, and now 10 years have passed since Chen Zhaodi's death, and now when it comes to the Chinese women's volleyball team, most people think of Lang Ping, or those newcomers who are working the field.
However, for those who have experienced Chen Zhaodi's glorious moments and witnessed her appearance on the field, I believe that no matter how long it has passed, everyone will always remember her and miss her!
I hope that Chen Zhaodi's husband and daughter's family can live a good life in the present, especially her husband, and not live in the past.
Finally, may Heaven be free from sickness.
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