Personal profile
Name: Chen Chen
Gender: Female
Born: 1995 in Pingxiang, Jiangxi
School: Pingxiang No. 3 Middle School
Specialty + Hobby: Roller Skating
Character Profile
Every morning at 5 o'clock, Chen Chen, a 14-year-old girl from Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, has already started An unstoppable roller skating training. Although she has won more than 20 gold medals in domestic competitions, this year's Asian Championships, and the World Sports Cup WSSA Freestyle Roller Skating Competition, she is still the winner of the World Freestyle Roller Skating Open to be held in Singapore on the 11th of next month. Motivation to train.
World champion and national team member, these honors are increasingly precious to a 14-year-old girl. When Chen Chen was 6 years old, she became involved with roller skating, and her life changed forever. "At the beginning, she could skate freely on two toy cars, which shocked us." Chen Chen's father, Chen Hongwei, said that after discovering Chen Chen's talent for roller skating, he spent 280 yuan to buy her the first pair of inline skates. Roller skates.
Seeing that their daughter was getting better and better, in May 2006, Chen Hongwei and his wife began to take Chen Chen to visit teachers everywhere to seek skills. "It didn't take long to learn under each teacher before the teacher found that there was nothing more to teach her." Chen Hongwei said that it was not until later that he went to Changsha, Hunan to become a disciple of Chen Min, a member of the Chinese MST (Micro Free Skating) team. , Chen Chen’s roller skating skills improved by leaps and bounds.
Chen Chen’s persistence and love for roller skating allowed Chen Chen to withstand training intensity that was unbearable for his peers. "The soles of my feet often have blisters, and I even knocked out a tooth once, but I don't feel it's hard because I love this sport so much," Chen Chen said.
Every effort is rewarded. In August 2007, Chen Chen won the speed skating championship for the first time at the National Roller Skating Competition held in Shanghai. Since then, Chen Chen’s bright smile can always be seen after winning gold medals in a series of domestic and international roller skating competitions. At the World Sports Expo Cup WSSA Freestyle Roller Skating Competition held in Chuncheon, South Korea in September 2009, Chen Chen even won the gold medal in three events: speed passing, flat freestyle, and freestyle rounding, which caused a sensation.
Since roller skating has been selected for the 2010 Asian Games, and is even very likely to be selected for the 2014 Olympic Games, Chen Chen will strive to win the first gold medal in the history of the Asian Games for Pingxiang City at the 2010 Asian Games.
The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold
In 1995, Chen Chen was born in a family of postal and telecommunications families in Pingxiang City. His parents were both postal system workers. When she was a child, her parents deliberately cultivated her various interests and hobbies. Starting from the age of 4, Chen Chen started learning singing, dancing, playing the piano, painting, and calligraphy. However, Chen Chen was not very knowledgeable in these fields and her skills did not improve much. Her parents gradually realized that Chen Chen was not In this regard, he struggled to find a development project suitable for Chen Chen. When she was 6 years old, by chance, her father took Chen Chen to play in the Autumn Harvest Uprising Square. When Chen Chen saw someone playing roller skating, she stared at her and insisted on playing, so her father spent 280 yuan to buy her a pair of double-row roller skates. . It's strange to say that other children are afraid of roller skating and worried about falling, but Chen Chen seems to be born with roller skating. She puts on the roller skates and practices for a while and then learns to skate. The most important thing is that she is very interested. When she falls, she gets up and continues. She quickly became good at skating, surpassing many children older than her. Her parents believed that she was born to learn roller skating, so they decided to focus on her training.
Every morning at 6 o'clock, Chen Chen, accompanied by his father, went to the Autumn Harvest Uprising Square to practice roller skating for one hour and two hours at night, every day, rain or shine. Many citizens who were doing morning exercises saw Chen Chen's graceful movements and praised Chen Chen for his potential.
Xun Gao Teacher worked hard to practice her skills
When Chen Chen was 11 years old, her roller skating skills were already very high, but this was just her hobby and she had never been trained systematically or professionally. Therefore, after practicing to a certain level, there is little progress and no breakthrough can be achieved. The father was very anxious. He heard that there was a roller skating master in Changsha, so he made a special trip to Changsha to invite Chen Min, a member of the national MST team, to come to Pingxiang to teach his daughter. Chen Min is one of the top players in my country's roller skating world. Seeing Chen Chen's talent, he made an exception and came to Ping to train him. From the first day of summer vacation in July 2007, Chen Min conducted special training for Chen Chen every day at the Autumn Harvest Uprising Square. Starting from the most basic movements, every movement required excellence. Chen Chen is also very hardworking. He trains for more than 12 hours a day and does not go back to bed until 11 every night. Except for eating, he spends all his time on the training ground.
During the 20 days of training given by Chen Min to her, Chen Chen's skills in speed crossing and fancy circles improved by leaps and bounds, and she could easily complete many difficult movements such as single-wheel steering.
After Chen Min returned to Changsha, he formulated a strict training plan for Chen Chen, which was supervised and implemented by his father. His father was very strict with Chen Chen. He often had to practice a movement thousands of times. He would continue practicing the movement before he was able to master it. When practicing the single-wheel pendulum swing, Chen Chen's legs turned purple and his soles were covered in blood due to the difficulty. Pao, can't even walk. But his father used a needle to open the blisters and carried Chen Chen to the training ground, forcing him to continue practicing. Chen Chen practiced over and over again, but in the end he was so tired that he lay on the ground panting and said that he couldn't stand it anymore today, so he should practice again tomorrow. But her father showed no mercy and forced her to continue practicing. Once because he was too tired, he fell during training and lost his teeth. Chen Chen endured the pain and continued training with tears in his eyes. After a whole summer of intensive training, Chen Chen's skills reached a whole new level.
Hard training bears fruit
In August 2007, 12-year-old Chen Chen participated in the National Roller Skating Competition held in Shanghai. As a fledgling, she was not afraid of strong opponents. She showed her newborn calves and was not afraid of tigers. His hard work and effort to win the championship in speed jumping and the third place in freestyle jumping attracted the attention of the roller skating world, and they all asked who this "sacred" girl who suddenly appeared was. In May 2008, Chen Chen participated in the 2008 "Mi Gao" Cup Second National Freestyle Roller Skating Competition. With many masters from across the country participating in the competition, Chen Chen won the speed passing and fancy skating with a perfect set of moves. Championship, as a result, a new star in the domestic roller skating world rose, and Chen Chen was selected for the national MST team and became a member of the national team. In September 2008, Chen Chen participated in the World Sports Expo Cup WSSA Freestyle Roller Skating Competition held in Qingchuan, South Korea. Chen Chen alone won the youth women's championship in the three competitions of speed jumping, flat freestyle, and BATTLE freestyle slalom.
The World Freestyle Roller Skating Championships were held at the Huangpu District Gymnasium in Shanghai from August 21 to 23, 2009. This competition was hosted by the International Roller Skating Federation, the Social Sports Guidance Center of the State Sports General Administration, and the Chinese Roller Skating Association. , Shanghai Sports Bureau, and Shanghai Huangpu District People's Government are co-organizers. The competition includes 11 events for each age group, including speed over piles, fancy circles, and fancy braking. There are 100 sports delegations from 21 countries and regions, including the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, and the host country. Many athletes participated. This event is currently the world's highest level freestyle roller skating competition and is also one of the 2009 China Shanghai International Mass Sports Festival series of events. For many years, Chen Chen has been participating in youth competitions, and she has won championships in every event she participated in. This time, Chen Chen participated in the adult women's competition for the first time. She was the youngest among all the adult women's competitions. Chen Chen made a plan for herself before the competition. The goal is to win a medal. In the preliminaries of freestyle slalom, although there were countless good players from all over the world, Chen Chen, a skilled and courageous man, passed all the hurdles and easily reached the finals with the first place in the preliminaries. In the finals held on the 22nd, Chen Chen dared to fight hard. Along with the dynamic music, he performed a set of self-composed and self-skating moves seamlessly and impeccably. With his perfect performance, Chen Chen conquered the judges and the audience, and undisputedly won the won the championship.
Chen Chen’s wonderful performance attracted the attention of CCTV reporters. CCTV reporters immediately interviewed the youngest adult women’s champion. In the sports news broadcast that day, Chen Chen was the only one to appear. Interviewee, she said: Winning the championship in the adult competition for the first time strengthened her confidence in pursuing a career in roller skating.
Since the roller skating competition was selected for the 2010 Asian Games, it is very likely to be selected for the 2016 Asian Games. In the 2010 Olympic Games, Chen Chen will strive to win the first gold medal in the history of the Asian Games for Pingxiang City at the 2010 Asian Games.