It took me 8 years to pursue my husband before I succeeded! She lives happily with her husband after marriage. Who is she?

There are many couples who are athletes in China, including Yao Ming and Ye Li of the basketball team, Pang Wei and Du Li of the shooting team, Qin Kai and He Zi who proposed at the Rio Olympics, and another couple. Teng Haibin and Zhang Nan of the gymnastics team. The difference between the last couple and other couples is that the woman chased the man for 8 years and finally achieved success.

How many eight years can a girl have in her life? Zhang Nan dedicated the first eight years of her life to her beloved gymnastics, and the second eight years to her beloved gymnastics. Teng Haibin. In 2001, Zhang Nan was selected into the national gymnastics team. Two years later, she won the first real women's gymnastics individual all-around medal for her motherland, becoming the first person in history. The 20-year-old Zhang Nan continued to move forward. As the captain, she led the women's gymnastics team to win the team championship in the World Championships, fulfilling the dream of Chinese women's gymnastics for many years. In 2009, Zhang Nan officially retired after 8 years of service and joined the Beijing Gymnastics Team for her first eight years.

Zhang Nan’s second eight years were given to this man named Teng Haibin. Teng Haibin entered the national gymnastics team in 1998. In 2004, when powerful players such as Li Xiaopeng and Yang Wei made mistakes, Teng Haibin fought his way out of the siege and won the men's pommel horse gold medal for the country, making countless netizens aware of him. When Teng Haibin was a child, his family conditions were not very good, and his parents felt sorry for him and did not agree with Teng Haibin to practice gymnastics. Pan Jie, Teng Haibin's coach at the time, really admired this diligent and motivated young man and rode his bicycle to Teng Haibin's home as a gymnast. The lobbyist was stunned to pull the young man back. Teng Haibin later said in an interview that coach Pan Jie had a great influence on him during his gymnastics career.

After Teng Haibin won the Asian Games championship in 2010, he began to enter a career downturn. Zhang Nan has been by Teng Haibin's side, encouraging him and taking care of him. This friendship is touching. He met Teng Haibin, who was frustrated at the time, so the two got together in 2013 and announced their relationship on Weibo. In 2014, they entered the palace of marriage. Zhang Nan's eight-year pursuit of love finally came to fruition.

Now that both have retired, they have a lovely daughter, and their married life is also very happy. You can often see Teng Haibin pushing his daughter out to play, and Zhang Nan is beside him as the father and daughter. Photographers record every happy detail in life. Zhang Nan also said in an interview: I did not marry the wrong person. He loves me very much and also loves his daughter very much. Finally, I wish this family of three continued happiness.