Zhao Shuai (Chinese: 赵帅; born 15 August 1995) is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships, placing third earlier in 2015. He served as the flag bearer for China at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games, where he later won a silver medal.[1]

Zhao Shuai
Zhao at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Born15 August 1995 (1995-08-15) (age 29)
Changzhou, China
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
SpouseZheng Shuyin
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byGuan Jianmin[1]
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 68 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Muju 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Manchester 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chelyabinsk 58 kg
Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi 68 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2014 Manchester 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Samsun 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rome 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia 68 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 63 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Manila 63 kg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Sharm El-Sheikh 59 kg
Updated on 16 December 2018

Zhao took up taekwondo in 2006. He has a degree in physical education from the Southwest University.[1]

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[3]

Personal life

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Zhao was born on 15 August 1995 in Changzhou in the province of Jiangsu.[4]

His spouse was also an Olympic champion in Rio 2016, Zheng Shuyin.

Career

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In December 2010, Zhao Shuai won the men's 54 kg championship at the National Taekwondo Championships.[5]

In May 2011, in the men's 54 kg competition of the World Taekwondo Championships, Zhao Shuai defeated Yanmat and Al Marzouch and advanced to the third round; but then lost to Thailand's Keha in the third round. Flower, missed the quarterfinals[6] In October, Zhao Shuai lost to Song Weijie 3:8 in the men's 58 kg Taekwondo final of the Seventh National Urban Games and won the silver medal.[7] In November, in the men's 54 kg final of the National Taekwondo Championship, Zhao Shuai defeated Guizhou team's Chen Tianyang 12:4 and won the championship.[8]

In September 2013, in the men's 58 kg Taekwondo final of the 12th National Games, Zhao Shuai defeated Fujian player Xu Yongzeng 3:2 to win the championship, achieving a breakthrough for the Jiangsu Taekwondo men's team with zero gold medals in the National Games.[9] In October, in the men's 54–58 kg competition of the Sixth East Asian Games, Zhao Shuai eliminated Huang Changqi and advanced to the final. In the final, he defeated South Korea's Kwon Hyuk-kyung 5:3 and won the gold medal.[10]

In the fourth round of the taekwondo competition at the Incheon Asian Games in 2014, Zhao Shuai lost to the Iranian champion of this level by one point in the last 5 seconds, and finally finished fifth in the men's taekwondo 58 kg event. In November, in the men's 63 kg final of the National Taekwondo Championship, Zhao Shuai defeated Beijing player Hu Pengxiang 13:1 and won the championship.[11] In May, at the World Taekwondo Championships, Zhao Shuai started from the men's 58 kg Group B, stopped in the Group B finals, and finally finished third.[citation needed]

In August 2016, in the 58 kg of the Taekwondo men's 58 kg match in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Zhao Shuai defeated Kabrier, Hargie, Navaro Waldiz, to break into the final; the final defeated Thai player Han 6: 4 Plabu, won the gold medal. This is the first gold of Chinese Taekwondo in the Rio Olympics, and the first gold medal in the history of Chinese men's Taekwondo Olympics.[12]

In June 2017, in the men's 63 kg final of the World Taekwondo Championships, Zhao Shuai defeated Iran's Joseni 11:5 and won the championship. This was his first world championship and also the first world championship for Chinese men's taekwondo. gold medal.[13]

On September 5, in the men's 68 kg Taekwondo final of the 13th National Games, Zhao Shuai defeated Zhao Panfeng 8:5 and won the championship.[14]

On August 22, 2018, in the taekwondo men's 63 kg and under category at the Jakarta Asian Games, Zhao Shuai defeated Mehtasoyev, Mo Nut, and He Jiaxin to reach the final; he lost to Iran's Hussein at 11:17 in the final. Because, won the runner-up.[15]

In March 2019, in the men's under-68 kg final of the U.S. Taekwondo Open, Zhao Shuai defeated British player McNish 19:17 and won the championship.[16] In May, in the men's 63 kg final of the World Taekwondo Championships, Zhao Shuai defeated Iranian player Ahmadi 27:7 to defend his title.[17] On December 18, at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Championship Series held in Wuxi, Zhao Shuai won the runner-up in the men's under-68 kg category, and at the same time qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by ranking first in the Grand Slam points of this level.[18]

On July 25, 2021, in the men's 68 kg taekwondo competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Zhao Shuai first defeated Sediqi 22:20, and then eliminated Bernardo Piet 13:8 in the quarter-finals. He lost to Hinton 25:33 in the final and missed the final; but then defeated Li Daxun 17:15 in the third place battle and won the bronze medal.[19] On September 24, in the men's taekwondo-68 kg final of the 14th Games of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Shuai defeated Chen Bolin 20:8 and won his third National Games championship.[20]

Personal life

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Zhao Shuai and Chinese taekwondo athlete Zheng Shuyin are boyfriend and girlfriend. They met on the Chinese national taekwondo team.[21]

On November 22, 2021, Zhao Shuai successfully proposed to his teammate Zheng Shuyin. The two people who have been in love for ten years will get married.[22]

On June 17, 2023, Zhao Shuai officially announced on Weibo that he and Zheng Shuyin were getting married.[23]

On August 6, 2023, Chinese Taekwondo’s Zhao Shuai and Zheng Shuyin held their wedding.

social activity

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On October 22, 2023, the 2023 Suzhou Taihu Marathon started with the gun fired on the 22nd, with Zhao Shuai and Zheng Shuyin leading the race.[24]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "ZHAO Shuai". AsianGames2018.id. Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Shuai Zhao". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's bantamweight" (PDF). 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Zhao Shuai". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "图文-2010年跆拳道全国冠军赛 江苏队赵帅进攻" [Photo and text-2010 Taekwondo National Championship Jiangsu team Zhao Shuai attacks]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 江苏队刘利平和赵帅分别问鼎女子49公斤级、男子54公斤级桂冠
  6. ^ "跆拳道世锦赛李照艺首次参赛摘银 韩国终获首金" [Li Zhaoyi won silver in the Taekwondo World Championships for the first time, and South Korea finally won its first gold medal]. sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 赵帅在首轮战胜荷兰选手扬马特,第二轮以12-0零封阿联酋选手阿尔-马尔佐乌奇,但是第三轮比赛中不敌泰国选手克哈夫劳尔,无缘8强,后者在决赛中战胜韩国选手朴智雄夺冠,伊朗选手巴格赫里-徳赫切什梅赫和俄罗斯选手马戈梅多夫分获第三。
  7. ^ "城运会-跆拳道首日决出3金 "小吴静钰"遗憾摘银" [City Games - Taekwondo won 3 gold medals on the first day, but "Xiao Wu Jingyu" unfortunately won the silver]. sports.cntv.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 男子58公斤级决赛在厦门队的宋伟杰和连云港队的赵帅之间进行。这两名运动员的实力都不俗。在预赛中,赵帅表现得更为突出,一路过关斩将。而在第三轮预赛中,赵帅以11:5的比分战胜过宋伟杰。心理占优的赵帅在决赛中没能乘胜追击,反而以3:8不敌宋伟杰。
  8. ^ "全国跆拳道冠军赛落幕 东道主江苏成最大赢家" [The National Taekwondo Championship ends with the host Jiangsu becoming the biggest winner]. sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 男子54公斤级冠军被江苏队赵帅获得,他以12比4战胜了贵州队的陈天阳,为江苏队锁定第三枚金牌;
  9. ^ "赵帅夺江苏跆拳道男队全运首金 曾蒸桑拿减体重" [Zhao Shuai won the first gold medal of the Jiangsu Taekwondo Men's National Games and once took a sauna to lose weight]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 3:2战胜福建选手许永增,江苏小伙子赵帅昨日在跆拳道男子58公斤级比赛中成功登顶,使得江苏跆拳道队在全运会男子项目上取得了金牌零的突破
  10. ^ "跆拳道:赵帅马兆勇各自建功 中国男队收获两金" [Taekwondo: Zhao Shuai and Ma Zhaoyong each made contributions, and the Chinese men’s team won two gold medals]. sports.cntv.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 北京时间10月8日,2013年第六届东亚运动会结束跆拳道第二日角逐。男子54-58公斤级比赛,中国选手赵帅发挥出色,连胜三场为中国队添上一金。
  11. ^ "全国跆拳道冠军赛开战 广东福建重庆前卫江苏开门红" [National Taekwondo Championship begins, Guangdong, Fujian, Chongqing and Jiangsu have a good start]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 与前两个级别相比,男子63公斤级决赛相对缺乏悬念。实力上的较大差距让江苏选手赵帅在第一局就取得了10比0的领先,虽然北京选手胡鹏翔在第二局扳回一分,但赵帅成功击头得到3分,使得比赛在第二局就以赵帅13比1获胜而宣告提前结束。
  12. ^ "创历史!赵帅6-4险胜 夺中国男子跆拳道奥运首金" [Making history! Zhao Shuai narrowly defeated China 6-4 and won China’s first Olympic gold medal in men’s taekwondo]. www.163.com. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 北京时间8月18日上午9点30,里约奥运会跆拳道比赛。在刚刚结束的男子58公斤级决赛中,中国选手赵帅6比4战胜泰国选手汉普拉布夺取金牌。
  13. ^ "跆拳道世锦赛中国男队首金!奥运后赵帅再创历史" [The Chinese men's team won its first gold medal at the Taekwondo World Championships! Zhao Shuai makes history again after the Olympics]. sports.sina.com.cn. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 男子63公斤级,中国队派出了奥运冠军赵帅,上个周期,他不管是全运会还是奥运会,都是以黑马的姿态杀出重围,夺得冠军,赵帅夺得了中国男子跆拳道的首枚奥运会金牌,创造了历史。
  14. ^ "高清:跆拳道男子68公斤级 奥运冠军赵帅夺冠" [HD: Taekwondo men's 68kg Olympic champion Zhao Shuai wins the championship]. sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 2017年9月5日,2017年第十三届全运会跆拳道男子68公斤级决赛,奥运冠军赵帅8-5赵攀锋大胜夺冠。
  15. ^ "亚运跆拳道-63公斤级赵帅遭复仇 遗憾屈居亚军" [Asian Games Taekwondo-63kg class Zhao Shuai suffered revenge and unfortunately finished second]. sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 男子-63公斤级,奥运冠军赵帅在决赛中发挥欠佳,以11-17不敌今年10月才年满20岁的伊朗选手侯赛因,遭对手复仇,屈居亚军,侯赛因夺得冠军。
  16. ^ 常悦 (2019-03-05). "美国跆拳道公开赛 赵帅夺冠" [US Taekwondo Open: Zhao Shuai wins the championship]. news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 奥运会与世锦赛双料冠军赵帅在男子68公斤以下级决赛中,以19:17战胜英国选手麦克尼什,站上了最高领奖台,并获得20分的奥运积分,这也让他距离东京奥运会又迈进一步。
  17. ^ "奥运冠军赵帅卫冕世锦赛金牌 中国跆拳道队创佳绩" [Olympic champion Zhao Shuai defends world championship gold medal, Chinese taekwondo team achieves great results]. www.chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 在2019年世界跆拳道锦标赛男子63公斤级决赛中,奥运冠军赵帅以27:7击败劲敌伊朗选手艾哈迈迪,从而完成卫冕。
  18. ^ "赵帅夺世界跆拳道大满贯积分第一"直通东京"" [Zhao Shuai wins first place in World Taekwondo Grand Slam points and "directly leads to Tokyo"]. wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 2019世界跆拳道大满贯冠军系列赛18日在无锡太湖国际博览中心开赛,中国名将赵帅获得男子68公斤以下级亚军,同时以该级别大满贯积分排名榜首的成绩获得直通2020年东京奥运会的资格。
  19. ^ "5年"升级"一路沉淀!赵帅击败李大勋,摘下跆拳道铜牌" [5 years of "upgrading" has accumulated all the way! Zhao Shuai defeated Li Daxun and won the bronze medal in taekwondo]. www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 25日的东京奥运的赛场,赵帅遗憾的以总分25-33不敌英国选手布莱德利·辛顿,无缘决赛。但在第三名争夺战中,赵帅以17-15击败宿敌韩国名将李大勋,拿下一枚宝贵的铜牌!
  20. ^ "第十四届全运会" [The 14th National Games]. www.sport.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 男子跆拳道-68公斤级决赛9月24日晚在汉中体育馆展开激烈较量。东京奥运会铜牌得主、江苏选手赵帅顶住了吉林选手陈博琳的攻势,赢得了自己的第三个全运会冠军。不过赵帅仍然认为,自己未来仍需要在技术方面精益求精。
  21. ^ "里约奥运跆拳道赛场的中国"情侣金"" [China’s “Couple’s Gold” at the Rio Olympics Taekwondo Arena]. www.chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 郑姝音与赵帅是老乡,两人相识于国家队,至今已交往5年。
  22. ^ "赵帅向郑姝音求婚成功 两人将继续出征巴黎奥运" [Zhao Shuai successfully proposed to Zheng Shuyin and the two will continue to compete in the Paris Olympics]. sports.sina.com.cn. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 北京时间11月22日消息,今天,跆拳道奥运冠军赵帅向队友郑姝音求婚成功,相恋十年的两人将走入婚姻殿堂。
  23. ^ "跆拳道奥运冠军赵帅、郑姝音结束12年恋爱长跑,官宣领证" [Taekwondo Olympic champions Zhao Shuai and Zheng Shuyin ended their 12-year relationship and officially announced they received their certificates]. wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 6月17日,郑姝音在微博上官宣结婚,写着"我有证了~"。赵帅默契转发,写"我也有证了!"
  24. ^ "2023苏州太湖马拉松鸣枪" [2023 Suzhou Taihu Marathon Gun Shot]. wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25. 2023苏州太湖马拉松22日鸣枪开赛,来自全球19个国家和地区的约23000名选手参赛,奥运冠军夫妇赵帅、郑姝音领跑。
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