Who is Ye Qiaobo?

Ye Qiaobo

A famous Chinese female speed skater. Born on June 3, 1964 in Changchun City, Jilin Province; started speed skating training in 1974; was selected into the People's Liberation Army speed skating team in 1977; was selected into the national training team in 1985.

In 1991, she won the 500-meter short track speed skating world championship for the first time; in 1992, she won two silver medals at the 16th Winter Olympics. In the same year, she won the women's 500-meter short track speed skating championship at the World Short Track Speed ??Skating Championships in Norway. 1000 meter speed skating champion, and won the women's all-around world championship, becoming China and Asia's first short-distance speed skating all-around world champion; by the end of the spring competition in 1993, she had won 14 world championships, including all women's all-around world championships. The gold medal in 500-meter speed skating created a "Grand Slam" record in the world of ice hockey; in 1993, she won the women's short-distance all-around championship at the Seventh National Games; in 1994, she won the women's 1,000-meter speed at the 17th Winter Olympics despite injury. Bronze medal in skating; retired due to injury after the Winter Olympics.

Ye Qiaobo is studious and strong-willed. During her sports career, *** participated in 124 domestic and foreign competitions and won 133 medals, including more than 50 gold medals. She was the first Chinese skater to break the 40-second mark in women's 500-meter speed skating. He has been successively rated as the “Top Ten Athletes” in the country in ice and snow, the “New Long March Assaulter” in the country, the “Top Ten Athletes” in the country, the second-level model worker in the army, and the “Top Soldier in Sports” and other honorary titles. In 1999, he was selected into the "New China Sports Fifty Stars".

After Ye Qiaobo retired in 1994, he entered Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management to study for an MBA degree. In 1995, Shenyang Qiaobo Industrial Development Co., Ltd. was established. Qiaobo International Sports Club Co., Ltd. was founded in 1996. He has successively served as coach of the People's Liberation Army Ice Sports Training Base, general manager of Harbin Qiaobo Jincheng International Shopping Center, representative of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

World champion after retirement

Ye Qiaobo is a very focused person, so when she was an athlete, she refused to be interviewed by the media. She said that because media interviews would affect her training, she did not allow any factors to distract her energy. "I eat for training, sleep for training, and recover from massages for training. I don't feel like it's three o'clock and one line a day." 'Life is boring."

Now, under her active advocacy, Tsinghua Science and Technology Park and other institutions built the first large-scale indoor ski stadium in Shunyi, called "Qiaobo Ice and Snow World" in 2008. It was fully opened to the outside world at the end of July.

Although she is not involved in daily management, she is still very concerned about this unique and huge project. She said she believed that the children playing here might embark on the same journey as her in a few years until they become world champions.

Not long after the successful bid for the Olympic Games, as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she once proposed that the Beijing Olympics should pay attention to issues such as transportation, human resources, cost control and post-game utilization of Olympic venues. In response to some problems that have arisen among outstanding athletes such as Tian Liang and Wang Zhizhi, she also called for the introduction of the "Sports Agents Law." It can be seen that Ye Qiaobo, who was once an athlete, has become more and more mature and profound in his thinking about the sports industry.

No Olympic gold medal

Qiao Bo said that his luck is not particularly good. He has won 23 world championships but not one Olympic gold medal.

In the 16th Winter Olympics, Ye Qiaobo’s knee was not seriously injured and she was in good condition. In the 500 meters, she fell 12 meters behind her opponent and entered the lane change area according to the rules. The outsiders and opponents He had to give way in peacetime, but the other party did not give way, causing the two to collide. It takes a certain amount of time to stop and restart a high-speed vehicle, let alone skating. Restarting will lose at least half a second to a second. In the end, she was only 0.18 seconds behind the champion, which was only half a foot. The gap is really a pity. The 1,000 meters is not Qiao Bo's strong point, and the difference between her and the championship is only 0.02 seconds, a fingernail's distance... and she just missed the championship.

When he was an athlete, Qiaobo’s training plan beside his bed was always filled with different famous quotes:

“How many days are left until the Winter Olympics? Isn’t the star shouting? "Success belongs to those who do not hesitate to work hard." Qiao Bo said with a smile, "I like to weave dreams and constantly pursue new goals." , In fact, those who love to dream are the most tired."

Ye Qiaobo was the person who achieved "zero breakthrough" in medals for China in the Winter Olympics. However, due to factors such as injuries and bad luck, she has always failed. Didn't win an Olympic gold medal. And when she witnessed the moment when Yang Yang won the Olympic gold medal, she was so excited that she cried, "That was not just a gold medal, it embodies the 50 years of struggle in China's ice and snow sports."

Before the Nagano Winter Olympics, the outside world was very optimistic about Yang Yang's gold medal. Ye Qiaobo, who completed the torch relay, stayed specially to prepare to witness this historical moment. But unfortunately, Yang Yang missed the gold medal unexpectedly in that competition.

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics is the peak period of short track speed skating in China. Even if Yang Yang makes a mistake, other team members will not let the gold medal fall by the wayside. Ye Qiaobo applied to the General Administration of Sports to go to Salt Lake with the work group. city.

Before departure, she brought food such as Erguotou wine and peanuts from home to the United States to prepare for a carnival celebration. Everyone brought a big flag to the stadium.

But Yang Yang failed in the first event that he was best at. Everyone was like a deflated ball. Most people did not bring their national flags to the next game. In the work group of more than a dozen people, only Ye Qiaobo and another colleague brought the national flag to the scene. On that day, Yang Yang achieved this historic breakthrough. "At that moment, I felt that it was not just Yang Yang who won the gold medal. It also belonged to many athletes who had not won the gold medal before. This was a major breakthrough in the Chinese ice and snow industry." Ye Qiaobo shed tears as he watched Yang Yang win the championship in the stands.

In ice and snow sports, Western countries’ resistance to Chinese athletes can be felt in all aspects. They may even constantly modify competition rules in order to restrict the performance of the Chinese team. Ye Qiaobo said that she still has great hope and confidence in the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics early next year. "We Chinese are relatively good at fighting. Even if the goals we set seem impossible to achieve, after hard work, we can often pull out the teeth." , it’s come true.” Ye Qiaobo said that she thinks China is expected to win 1 to 3 gold medals at the Turin Winter Olympics.

She was so excited that her Olympic bid was successful

Qiao Bo, who served as a torch bearer for the Japanese Winter Olympics, was invited by Samsung Group to participate in next year's Turin Winter Olympics. Although it has not been determined whether she will eventually serve as a torchbearer, she still talked about the meaning and responsibility of being a torchbearer.

“Being a torchbearer is completely different from being an athlete, and the mood is more relaxed.” Qiao Bo said: “What the torchbearers convey is peace and the Olympic spirit, arousing more people to oppose war and The misfortune and pain the war has brought to people."

"If Samaranch announced that the host city would be postponed for another 10 or 20 seconds, it would be a very tense moment for the Chinese people." From the moment when Beijing successfully bid for the Olympic Games on July 13, 2001, Ye Qiaobo was still excited, "I didn't even dare to look at the TV cameras." Ye Qiaobo, who was participating in a live recording program on CCTV at that time, could no longer find her way home. She was so excited. The crowd cheered and jumped together, happily joining the carnival traffic. "The cars were parked on Chang'an Street, and many people were standing on the roofs of the cars. It was so exciting at that moment!"

In Austria Ye Qiaobo is still adapting and exploring the work of the organizing committee. “Actually, it doesn’t matter what job you do. People working in the Olympic organizing committee have high professional skills and qualities. As a retired athlete, it is more important. Participate, participation means more to me.”

After retiring, Ye Qiaobo’s life is very simple. Apart from studying, he also participates in some affairs or charity activities related to ice and snow sports and sports. "No matter what achievements I make in the future, the key is to learn a lot of skills while pursuing goals. This is a process of continuous learning and improvement, which will have a great impact on the rest of my life." Especially seeing Li Lingwei, Deng Yaping, etc. Qiao Bo was also touched by the fact that famous sports stars came to work for the Olympic Organizing Committee. "In fact, it is more conducive to them to play their role based on their achievements in sports. If they are unknown, their potential advantages will be buried."

Eleven years ago at the Corsair Arena in Lillehammer, Norway, a short-haired Chinese girl stood on the track of the 1000-meter speed skating final of the 17th Winter Olympics. At this time, the doctor announced that her left knee It has been more than two years since the meniscus was shattered and large areas of cartilage were broken.

The starting gun sounded, and the girl rushed out of the starting line, dragging her left leg that others thought was "shabby". She continued to accelerate through 200 meters, 400 meters, and 800 meters. The well-informed Chinese people in the stands and even foreign friends cried. In 1 minute, 20 seconds and 22 seconds, this bronze medal was the first medal won by the Chinese delegation in the first ten days of the Winter Olympics.

In an operation five months before the competition, doctors took out five broken bones from her knee. During the operation after the competition, the doctor discovered that the collateral ligaments on both sides of her left knee were damaged. , anterior cruciate ligament, and posterior cruciate ligament have long been ruptured. There are thirteen free bone fragments in the left knee. Even the patella, which supports the balance of the leg, has broken bones as big as watermelon seeds...

This girl is Ye Qiaobo.

After the 17th Winter Olympics, Ye Qiaobo, who had just undergone surgery and trudged back to China within three days, appeared in public again. She attended the "National Sports Top Ten" award ceremony and her event in a wheelchair. ’s special farewell party. At that time, her knees were swollen and thicker than her thighs.

Until now, she has become a weather forecast expert with "special functions". Her left leg can predict the weather conditions one or two days later.

Ye Qiaobo quietly started working in the Press and Propaganda Department of the Olympic Organizing Committee. After completing her MBA studies at Tsinghua University and her PhD in political economics at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, she began to enter a new page in her life.

Studying Tsinghua MBA

In many people’s memories, the last image Ye Qiaobo gave people was that tragic moment sitting in a wheelchair. Many people even thought that she would not be able to live forever again. She couldn't stand up anymore, and Ye Qiaobo sitting in front of me was no different from a normal person. When she walked, she couldn't tell that she had a "beaten" leg.

“Basically, I’m fine. There’s nothing wrong with my normal life, but I still can’t do too strenuous exercise.

"When talking about his injury, Ye Qiaobo looked relaxed, "Before it is cloudy and rainy, this is the most accurate weather forecast. "Such a tone made it impossible to hear the suffering those injuries had brought to her.

At that time, the media heavily publicized Ye Qiaobo's leg injury, but she said calmly: "Retirement After that, I was just an ordinary person and everything became a thing of the past. So I closed myself up and concentrated on reading. "In the few years after retiring, Ye Qiaobo no longer seemed to miss honors, flowers and applause, and became a lonely lying in bed recovering from his injuries, the most ordinary student walking on the university campus. It took him six years to complete his MBA studies. < /p>

“After completing my MBA at Tsinghua University, I got a PhD in political economics from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Now that I have graduated, my defense has been postponed until early next year. I am actually a pretty stupid student. "As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qiaobo laughed out loud, and then said with emotion: "It's still quite difficult, not easy! "Although she gave up her studies early for training, Ye Qiaobo, who has been good at calligraphy since she was a child, has always had the habit of keeping a diary. Her writing skills have been laid since then. When she was an athlete, she also insisted on learning English by herself. "But after learning mathematics, These subjects are really difficult, too difficult. "Some courses in science need to be taken step by step. Without a foundation, you can imagine the difficulty in learning. With the special tutoring and guidance of two tutors and two graduate students from Tsinghua University, Qiao Bo also completed the course with difficulty , "Many schools are unwilling to accept students like us. It is definitely unrealistic for us to get into college like other students. Once we get into the school, we have to find someone to take tutoring classes. The real learning begins after taking tutoring classes."