Chen Zhaodi

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Zhaodi
Personal information
Born(1955-04-15)15 April 1955
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Died1 April 2013(2013-04-01) (aged 57)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Number7 (1981)
10 (1982)
National team
1977–1982 China
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  China
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Peru
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok
Team

Chen Zhaodi (

People's Liberation Army General Political Department and was awarded the rank of major general
, making her the only Chinese sportsperson to become a military general. Chen suffered from cancer and died in 2013 at the age of 57.

Early life

Chen was born on 15 April 1955[1] in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.[2] She studied at Hangzhou No. 10 High School.[2] In December 1970, she was selected to play for the Zhejiang Provincial Women's Volleyball Team at the age of 15.[3]

Career

Volleyball

In 1973, Chen was selected into the People's Liberation Army's Bayi Volleyball Team.[1] In June 1979, she suffered an injury in an Asian Club Championship game against Japan's Hitachi Team and fractured the radial bone in her left arm. Two months later, she played for the Bayi team in the Fourth National Games of China with her left arm wrapped in bandage, henceforth earning the nickname "One-armed General".[2]

In 1976, Chen was selected by

Beijing Institute of Physical Education.[6]

In 1986, Chen became the head coach of China's national junior team, which won the bronze medal at the 1987 Women's Junior Volleyball World Championships. However, she was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 and had to leave the post.[1]

After undergoing cancer treatment, she joined the reorganized national women's volleyball team in 1989[3] and served as team manager until 1992.[1] In 1993, she became Vice President of the Chinese Volleyball Association.[1][6]

Military

In 1993, Chen joined the Culture and Sports Bureau of the

People's Liberation Army General Political Department (GPD). She was later promoted to director of the bureau and deputy chief of the GPD's publicity department, and was awarded the rank of major general in July 2006.[2] She is the only Chinese sportsperson to become a military general.[1][2] In that capacity, she made the decision to allow the basketball star Wang Zhizhi to return to play in China. Wang, a former player of the military's Bayi Rockets team, had reneged on his promise to join the Chinese national team in order to play in the National Basketball Association in the United States, and many had wanted to punish him by forbidding him to play again in China after the end of his NBA career.[2]

Personal life

On 1 April 2013, Chen died in Beijing from cancer, at the age of 57.[1] Her parents, two older sisters and a younger brother had all died from cancer.[2] Nearly 1,000 people attended her funeral at the Babaoshan People's Cemetery.[7]

Chen's story was written into middle-school textbooks in China.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tang, Zhe (2 April 2013). "Renowned volleyball player passes away". China Daily. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "陈招娣病逝亲朋好友追思哀悼 癌症或是家庭遗传". Sohu (in Chinese). 2 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "顶撞袁伟民晋升女少将 陈招娣的故事曾被写入课本". Phoenix News (in Chinese). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^
    Sina
    (in Chinese). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. Phoenix News
    (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "China's renowned volleyball player Chen Zhaodi passes away". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. ^ Liao Xugang 廖旭钢 (6 April 2013). "清明千人送别陈招娣 袁伟民口号让郎平眼泪决堤". Phoenix News (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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