Among the contestants on these topics, some are highly praised for their wonderful performances; Some people are numerous because of their high face value; Some people are controversial because of unexpected situations.
Although the interlacing is like a mountain, in today's entertainment circle, there are also many actors and singers from athletes.
Taking advantage of the current "Winter Olympics Heat Wave", this time we will take a look at the stars who have moved from the sports circle to the entertainment circle. Many of them used to be all-around athletes.
1, Liu Xuan: Gymnastics
I believe many people know that Liu Xuan won the gold medal in the women's balance beam at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
It broke the history that China didn't win the Olympic gold medal on the balance beam, and Liu Xuan was called the "gymnastics queen" from now on.
Liu Xuan was sickly when he was a child. At the age of five, she was sent to learn gymnastics by her parents. At the age of eight, she joined the gymnastics team in Hunan Province. Four years later, she joined the national gymnastics team.
Liu Xuan, who trained hard, finally ushered in her own gymnastics era.
Liu Xuan won the women's balance beam, floor exercise and individual triathlon in the China Cup international gymnastics competition from 65438 to 0995.
Two years later, at the second East Asian Games, she won the individual all-around and balance beam championship in women's gymnastics competition with excellent strength.
At the 1998 World Cup and Asian Games, Liu Xuan won the balance beam championship twice again with her steady performance, and was called "the queen of balance beam".
Despite numerous awards, she still regrets that she failed to win a medal for her motherland at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
This also became the motivation of Liu Xuan, who worked harder than before and finally won the gold medal on the balance beam at the Sydney Olympic Games.
At that time, she was 2 1 year-old, setting a record for the oldest women's gymnastics team in China.
200 1 After retiring, Liu Xuan entered Peking University to study, and then entered the entertainment circle.
She has appeared in film and television works such as My Beautiful Homesickness, My Father and I, Dancing at Midnight, and has also served as the host of programs and various parties.
From sports to movies, Liu Xuan was the first person to eat crabs, which proved to be very successful.
In Liu Xuan's view, "performance is different from gymnastics, but it also needs concentration."
2.Zuo Xiaoqing: Gymnastics
Besides Liu Xuan, Zuo Xiaoqing, known as the "oxygen beauty", was once a member of the national gymnastics team and won many awards.
Zuo Xiaoqing's rhythmic gymnastics career lasted for 10 years. Coincidentally, she also grew up with a general physical quality.
In the fifth grade of primary school, the teachers of rhythmic gymnastics team came to the school to recruit students. Zuo Xiaoqing was attracted by several girls who did ribbon exercises and ball exercises, and decided to practice rhythmic gymnastics.
At that time, the weight management of athletes in the team was strict. If one or two people are overweight, they will run the playground for ten laps.
Zuo Xiaoqing, who came back for training after the holiday, suddenly gained six taels more than the standard weight, which meant that she had to run 60 laps.
She finally finished 60 laps, which took 4 hours. After running, her feet were numb and covered with blood bubbles.
Perhaps it is this tenacity that made Zuo Xiaoqing move from the provincial team to the national team, and achieved good results in the four continents, the French invitational tournament, the first and fifth national championships of the National Games.
At that time, rhythmic gymnastics had not been listed as an Olympic event, and the four continents rhythmic gymnastics championship was the highest honor of rhythmic gymnastics.
Rhythmic gymnastics is the exercise of eating youthful meals, so Zuo Xiaoqing/KLOC-0 retired at the age of 993.
Once Zuo Xiaoqing and a friend of her father went to see the cast of Sunny Days. She was so beautiful that she was invited by Jiang Wen to make a guest appearance.
This role was played by Beibei's classmate Zhang Xiaomei, and Zuo Xiaoqing started his acting career.
From 65438 to 0999, Zuo Xiaoqing, a graduate of Nortel, starred in the costume drama "God of Wealth" with Zhang Guoli.
Since then, she has appeared in many classic works, including Paradise, Battle of Changsha, Chinese Divorce, About Winter and People on the Road. So far, she has made 72 TV dramas.
In 2020, the CCTV variety "Walking on the Way Home" was broadcast, and Zuo Xiaoqing returned to his hometown of Hunan to be a guest and reunited with his gymnastics team teachers and teammates after a long separation.
3. He Meitian: gymnastics
There are many female stars who switched from gymnastics to film and television. He Meitian, who plays Zhong Ling in Dragon Eight, is also a gymnast.
He Meitian, born in 1975, grew up in a poor family with many brothers and sisters. Her parents want to give her away.
A relative, a gymnastics coach, thought He Meitian was lively and active, and persuaded He Meitian's father to let her learn gymnastics.
From then on, 5-year-old He Meitian began to learn gymnastics, got up at 5 o'clock every morning and ran until he was 7 years old.
He entered the Guangzhou Gymnastics Team for training at a young age, and won the balance beam championship in the National Junior Gymnastics Championship at the age of 12.
199 1 year, He Meitian represented China in the Korean International Invitational Tournament and won the floor exercise championship in one fell swoop.
Years of training have caused He Meitian to be injured many times. In addition, the gymnast's career is short, so she chose 1993 to retire.
When he was a teaching assistant before retiring, He Meitian, who was outstanding in appearance and temperament, was attracted by tvbi who came to the team to select actors.
1995, when she signed TVB, she starred in The Legend of Paradise with Deric Wan and Guo Aiming.
He Meitian can endure hardships, be independent, and with some filming experience, she is getting better and better on the road of performing arts.
She has participated in many works, such as the legendary swordsman, Young Hero Fang Shiyu, Clever and Small, Chivalrous and Brave, Disciples and so on.
The role that made her famous at one fell swoop was Zhong Ling in the 97th edition of Dragon, and He Meitian brought Zhong Ling's playful aura to the extreme.
Whether acting or living, He Meitian is very low-key, and there are few scandals in her debut for many years.
It is not difficult to see from the dynamics of each update that at the age of 47, she is still alone. She usually likes to travel, exercise and often get together with friends.
4. Hong Tao: Synchronized swimming
Like Zuo Xiaoqing, the film Sunny Days was a turning point in Hong Tao's life.
At that time, she was selected by Jiang Wen to play the role of Beibei and officially entered the entertainment circle.
Before becoming an actor, Hong Tao was a synchronized swimmer and won the national championship.
At first, Hong Tao's mother wanted her to learn dancing, but she was caught by the coach Sonia, who happened to join the Beijing synchronized swimming team and became the first batch of flower swimmers in New China.
That year, she was 1 1 years old, and began her flower-swimming career for 10 years.
The training environment was very poor at that time. In winter, Hong Tao can only practice in the cold swimming pool, shivering with cold, and practice for six or seven hours.
1987, 15-year-old Hong Tao was successfully selected for the national team, and then made very good achievements, such as 1993 winning the national synchronized swimming championship.
Also in this year, she was chosen by Jiang Wen to play the second daughter in Sunny Days. Hong Tao, who is going to retire, decided to become an actor under this opportunity.
At the suggestion of her predecessors, she applied for Chinese Opera, North Film and Shanghai Opera, and all three schools issued admission notices. Finally, she chose Peking Opera.
1996, the crew of the movie Black Eyes found Hong Tao and wanted her to play a blind athlete named Ding Lihua.
In order to play this role well, Hong Tao has done a lot of homework, including experiencing life in blind schools, knowing blind athletes, and visiting the role prototype, namely Ping Yali, the winner of China's first Paralympic gold medal.
Coupled with her past experience as an athlete, Hong Tao showed the tenacity and vitality of blind athletes.
With this role, she won the Golden Rooster Award and the China Watch Award in one fell swoop.
In addition to movies, Hong Tao also participated in many classic works on TV screens, such as Pig with Bright Spring, Empty Mirror and Little Joy, and won the Flying Award, Magnolia Award and Golden Eagle Award.
5. Niu Li: Synchronized swimming and shooting.
Now, Zhang is the queen of goods in the Spring Festival Gala, but in the past, the sketch actor with strong goods ability boarded the Spring Festival Gala eight times.
The audience who love Niu Li's comedy performance will never think that she is an excellent swimmer like Hong Tao and has made great achievements in shooting.
Niu Li's father is a soldier and his mother is a shooter. Niu Li was always ill when he was a child. In order to strengthen her physique, her mother sent her swimming.
Niu Li didn't dare to go into the water when she first came, but the coach didn't say anything after knowing it. She pushed her into the swimming pool with one foot, which was quite effective for Niu Li who was afraid of water.
1984, Niu Li successfully entered the synchronized swimming team and won the first national women's synchronized swimming team championship two years later, when she was only 13 years old.
Besides swimming, Niu Li also learned to shoot under his mother's arrangement. From 65438 to 0988, Niu Li was transferred to Bayi Shooting Team and became a shooter.
The one on the left is Niu Li.
Her teammates are Wang Yifu and Li Duihong. With his talent and hard work, Niu Li soon won the shooting championship of the whole army.
However, the filming team was disbanded for some reason soon, and Niu Li had to find a new way out, which happened to meet the enrollment of the Performance Department of PLA Art College.
After her successful admission, she opened the curtain of her acting career and was selected by the film Armageddon at school to play the little bride in the film.
Niu Li left many classic characters on the screen, such as his second aunt, a corrupt official, Qin in the Water Margin, and a beautiful woman.
It is worth mentioning that she collaborated with Hong Tao in The Empty Mirror. With the role of Sun Li, Niu Li was nominated for Golden Eagle Award and Flying Award.
In 2003, Niu Li and Huang Hong partnered to bring the sketch "Pedicure" to the stage of the Spring Festival Evening, from which he began his career as a nail house in the Spring Festival Evening.
Today, 49-year-old Niu Li rarely shoots or goes back to his family.
The transition from an athlete to an actor is also quite smooth.
6. Zhang Kaili: Short track speed skating.
A movie "Desire" 32 years ago made Zhang Kaili famous with the name "Liu Huifang".
Later, in the TV series "Naked Marriage" and "Let's Get Married", a strong image of urban mother was created, which was called "professional mother household".
Besides being a famous actress, Zhang Kaili also learned short track speed skating, and Ye Qiaobo is a good sister of bunk bed and her captain.
Ye Qiaobo has won 23 world championships and 133 medals, creating a world ice grand slam.
Zhang Kaili, 1962 was born in Changchun, Jilin, and began to learn speed skating in his hometown at the age of1/kloc-0.
Training is hard. Even in summer, he practices basic skills in the scorching sun. In winter, Zhang Kaili still practices in the environment of minus 40 degrees.
Unfortunately, with the development of the body, she is no longer suitable for speed skating with long legs and has to retire.
/kloc-at the age of 0/6, she was drafted into the army and assigned to the military museum as an interpreter.
Because she likes acting, she gave up the job of "iron rice bowl" in everyone's eyes and returned to her hometown to be admitted to Jilin Art College.
From 65438 to 0987, Zhang Kaili took part in his first work, Eight Women Throwing into the River, and officially embarked on the road of performing arts.
She created many mothers with different personalities on the screen, gentle and kind, spicy and capable, and let the audience see her versatility as an actress.
Today, at the age of 59, when she participates in the related programs of the Winter Olympics, her posture on the ice rink is still vigorous and her basic skills are solid.
7. Jackson Wang: Fencing
Jackson Wang, a well-known member of the men's team, singer and program host, didn't know that he had a deep relationship with fencing.
1994 was born in Hongkong, China, and grew up in a sports family with athletes at home.
Jackson Wang's father Wang Ruiji is the head coach of the Hong Kong fencing team, and his mother Zhou Ping is a gymnast.
He inherited his parents' sports cells. At the age of 6, he studied gymnastics under his mother's training and won the Hong Kong Children's Group Championship.
/kloc-after 0/0 years old, Jackson Wang studied fencing under his father. Two years later, he participated in the National Games and won the first gold medal in his life.
17 years old won the men's 17 Asian Youth Championship individual gold medal in sabre.
Jackson Wang has a brilliant sports career, winning three national championships, three Asian championships and nine international and Hongkong championships.
On 20 10, Jackson Wang passed the draft held by JYP company. After careful consideration, he decided to go to Korea as an intern.
For his musical dream, Jackson Wang gave up not only fencing, but also the opportunity to go to Hongkong University or Stanford University for further study.
After two and a half years of intensive practice, Jackson Wang finally made her debut as a member of GOT7 on 20 14, which became popular in Japan and South Korea.
On 20 15, Jackson Wang's partner He Jiong hosted the variety show "Please Refrigerator" and began to develop in the Mainland.
In recent years, he dared to step out of the comfort zone and gain a place in the entertainment circle with his music works and stage strength.
8. Jin Song: Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, Bodybuilding.
Speaking of the name Jin Song, many people may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to his role, everyone suddenly realizes that he is the actor of Lu in the 1 1 version of Water Margin.
Shi, the great disciple of Mo Kong in Oolong Breaking the Love Pass, and He Biweng, the mysterious old man in Eternal Dragon Slayer, are also played by.
Speaking of Jin Song's career, it is also legendary. He was a professional athlete before he became an actor.
Jin Song was sent to a sports school to study sports when he was very young, and then won 32 children's swimming championships in Yunnan Province.
15 years old, selected as a national modern pentathlon athlete with excellent results. These five events are equestrian, fencing, shooting, swimming and cross-country running.
After that, Jin Song won two national modern pentathlon champions and 1 Shanghai aerobics competition champion.
After winning 35 championships, I thought my sports career would be smooth sailing, but the sudden pain made Jin Song retreat from a first-team athlete to a coach.
During an equestrian training, Jin Song was accidentally injured, resulting in stiff spinal dislocation and serious damage to the nervous system.
Entering the entertainment circle is accidental. After Jin Song became a coach, he accidentally received an advertisement for mineral water and became interested in performing.
Through hard work, he was admitted to Xie Jin Hengtong Art School. After graduation, Jinsong took his own information and ran the crew one by one to find opportunities.
1997, Jin Song got his first chance to act. He played five small roles in Xie Jin's film The Opium War.
Since then, he has created many tough guy images on the screen, and many netizens call him China's version of "dwayne douglas johnson".
Of course, these eight athletes are not the only ones who switched from sports to movies.
Well-known artists such as Hu Bing, Nicky Wu, Chen Xiao and Ren Jialun, and Wushu athletes such as Chiu Man-Cheuk and Jason Wu entered the entertainment circle as Wushu actors.
The so-called "style is not separated", although they bid farewell to their sports careers for different reasons.
But they also brought the athletes' fighting spirit into the performing arts, and they also achieved success.
This kind of cross-border deserves our respect in front of the screen!
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