Zheng Jiaqi was born in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, and began to learn basketball at the age of 7. He joined the Shandong team at the age of 1 1 and the Beijing team at the age of 13. After failing to enter the national team at the top of the pyramid, Zheng Jiaqi chose to play in the United States. In the United States, she won almost all local singles and doubles titles, and became the image ambassador of Northwestern Polytechnical University and an honorary citizen of San Francisco.
However, playing in America is not as beautiful as it looks. Different from the powerful guarantee of table tennis, practicing table tennis in the United States depends on yourself, including hiring coaches and physical fitness teachers, and you need to spend money to find them yourself. China people who play for the American team work very hard. All the money is paid by themselves. You have to rely on yourself in everything. You can only play with money.
At the 20 16 Rio Olympic Games, Zheng Jiaqi, 27, finally realized her Olympic dream through various selections in the United States. After that, she left the professional arena and became the coach of China Taipei Team from an athlete.
Zheng Jiaqi's Help to Taibei
China Taipei Team was originally a strong team, and Yuan Chuanzhi, a famous player, was once the main opponent of Guo Ping Team. He is still active in table tennis in his thirties, but he missed the match in this year's China Open qualifier. After him, a new generation of players represented by Zheng Yijing and Lin Yunru are maturing. Zheng Jiaqi also became their coach.
Zheng Jiaqi also found that the attitude towards table tennis here is completely different from that in the United States, and the local people strongly support the sport. Zheng Jiaqi is mainly in charge of women's team and mixed doubles in China Taipei Team. Zheng Yijing, her favorite student, has become the "first sister" in China Taipei. The third place in the 2022 Women's World Cup, the first round of the year-end finals "cried" Ito Mikei.