Zhao Ruirui is not only a legendary volleyball player but also successfully transformed into a writer after retirement, even winning the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award! Her story is absolutely awe-inspiring. Want to know how she transitioned from the court to the literary world? Keep reading!
Height often gives athletes an advantage in their respective fields, and volleyball players need such height.
Volleyball is an extremely height-dependent sport, with taller athletes having more positions on the court.
There is a nickname in the volleyball world, "Women's Basketball Coach," which refers to Zhao Ruirui. Due to her height advantage, Zhao Ruirui was called up to the national team at the age of 19 and helped the national team win many international championships.
During her career, due to injuries and other reasons, Zhao Ruirui eventually retired and became a writer.
Nowadays, Zhao Ruirui has won the Silver Award for Best Long Novel at the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Awards. Such achievements make many people believe that she is also an excellent writer.
At the age of six, Zhao Ruirui was already 1.58 meters tall, which is considered tall even by today's standards.
The height advantage also became an advantage in the eyes of Zhao Ruirui's parents, who began to cultivate her as a volleyball player.
Zhao Ruirui also has her unique insights and love for the sport of volleyball. In practice, Zhao Ruirui discovered that she was more suitable for playing volleyball.
In the eyes of Zhao Ruirui's parents, their daughter's talent is outstanding. Zhao Ruirui inherited her parents' height advantage and has long fingers.
Such physical conditions are simply born for volleyball.
In 1999, at the age of 19, Zhao Ruirui successfully entered the national team. At this time, Zhao Ruirui was not limited to playing as a vice attacker because she could play any position.
However, after seeing Zhao Ruirui's height advantage, the national team coach moved her to the vice attacker position, which made Zhao Ruirui train harder.
Because in this position, more jumping and blocking actions are needed, and Zhao Ruirui also helped the national team win many international championships with her enviable height advantage.
In 2003, Zhao Ruirui missed the opportunity with Yao Ming. In Yao Ming's eyes, he had intended to contact Zhao Ruirui at that time, but Yao Ming already had a girlfriend.
This relationship did not continue, and later, the two had little interaction. However, later on, both found their own partners and lived happily.
Now, at the age of 43, Zhao Ruirui is still single, and looking back at the reason, it is because her criteria for choosing a partner are high, and she has never found a suitable candidate.
During her service in the national team, Zhao Ruirui helped the national team win many championships and became an indispensable member of the national team.
During the 2004 Athens Olympics, Zhao Ruirui suffered a serious injury, which prevented her from participating in the Olympics.
This incident not only affected the national team but also Zhao Ruirui herself.
From then on, Zhao Ruirui fell into a low period, not only because of her injury that prevented her from continuing to serve the national team but also because her physical condition declined to a position she should not have been in.
Finally, in 2009, Zhao Ruirui chose to retire due to injury problems, and after retiring, she also began to have a new identity transformation.
After retiring, Zhao Ruirui began to try diversified development. Through learning and diversified development, she gradually discovered her passion for writing and embarked on her journey as a writer.
During this period, she also tried other fields, such as being a host, but because she did not have strong skills, she quickly gave up this idea.
Now, Zhao Ruirui is already an excellent writer and has written many popular novels.
Even those who have not read her novels know that she is a volleyball player, and such fame is enough to prove her achievements.
Among her novel works, one has won the Silver Award for Best Long Novel at the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Awards, which makes many people believe that she is also an excellent writer.
In her career, Zhao Ruirui showed an excellent side. She not only helped the national team win many championships but also showed an excellent side.
At that time, many people said that if she were placed in the men's volleyball team, she could definitely compete with the male players.
Zhao Ruirui's life experience has also brought many speculations to people today, such as whether women should give up their families for their careers?
In the view of many women, giving up the family is irresponsible to themselves, and giving up the career is irresponsible to many women's dreams.
And now that women's social status is continuously improving, many women have begun to learn from men, putting themselves at the center of their careers, while leaving their families to others to take care of.
But is such a practice correct? If women unilaterally pursue their careers and neglect their families, will their children also learn such practices as they grow up?
Is it also irresponsible to children? Although we cannot deny women's efforts in society, we must also pay attention to the importance of the family and the importance of children's growth process.
Zhao Ruirui's experience makes me wonder how women should balance pursuing careers and families? Her success is not only in the glory on the sports field but also in her diverse exploration of life. How do you see this issue? Welcome to share your views in the comment area, don't forget to like and support!