There is no doubt that world snooker is still dominated by Chinese players. In the just-concluded 2022 World Snooker Team Championships, both men and women won gold medals from China. To be able to represent China, you must first defeat a vote of players with world-class strength. Because the competition is so fierce, many Chinese players choose to transfer their nationalities in order to give themselves more opportunities to compete in the international arena. The player Han Ying to introduce today transferred to Germany because of this, and at the age of 39, she rose to No. 8 in the world ranking and ushered in the peak of her career once more.
Han Ying was born in Liaoning Province, China in 1983. Because her father loved billiards, she cultivated her to become a billiard player since she was a child. Later, her father heard that the local sports school snooker team was interested in recruiting “cutting-type” players, so he invited her. Re-practice chipping play. In the end, Han Ying not only successfully entered the sports school, but also became the representative of the Liaoning Provincial Table Team (provincial team). However, if you want to enter the international arena, you must first enter the national team. However, at that time, there were so many talented Chinese female billiard players that Han Ying might only be a sparring partner in the second team of the national team.
In 2002, when she was 19 years old, she got the opportunity to play in the league in Germany under the recommendation of the coach. She thought that the chances of staying in the country and entering the national team were very low, so she decided to go to Germany. At one point, he flew directly back to China following the holiday and didn’t want to return to the team, but following a few years of adaptation, his performance has gotten better and better, and he has been promoted from the team’s No. 5 player to the number one ace.
In 2011, she got a German passport and officially began to represent Germany on the world tour. In the 2012 World Tour Qatar Open, she reached the top 8 for the first time. Although she lost to the Chinese player Chen Meng, she still made it. After many points, her world ranking rose from more than 120 to 42 following this battle, and the German national team also invited her to join the team at this time.
When Han Ying was 29 years old, when she saw that her billiard career was finally regarding to usher in a big breakthrough, she became pregnant at this time. Because she wanted to give birth to a healthy child, she decided to put down her racket during pregnancy, and therefore missed the opportunity to join the national team. After giving birth, she resumed training following resting for less than two months. It was actually very difficult for her to return to the court because her physical strength following giving birth was much different from before. won the first game.
At this time, the German national team invited her once more, and she finally entered the German snooker team, and quickly became the number one player in the team. In 2014, she won the first championship of her career in the 2014 World Tour Korea Open. Championship trophy, the world ranking also rose to the top 20.
In 2016, at the age of 33, she represented Germany in the women’s singles and women’s team competitions. Although she lost to Ding Ning of China, who won the silver medal in the previous Olympic Games in the quarterfinals of the singles, she missed the medal in the women’s team competition. Beating the United States and Hong Kong all the way, the top 4 faced the strong enemy Japanese team composed of Ito Mima, Ishikawa Kasumi and Fukuhara Ai. Han Ying faced Ai Fukuhara. In the end, following five games, she beat Ai Fukuhara and led Germany to the final. After the game, she was so happy that she threw out her racket. Although she lost to the Chinese team in the final, she still won the German billiards. A historic silver medal for the team.
In 2018, she teamed up with Ruwen Filus, also a German chipper, to win the European Championship in mixed doubles. In 2020, she defeated Taiwanese snooker player Zheng Yijing in the top 8 of the Women’s Pool World Cup to advance to the top 4 and finally won the fourth place. name. In 2021, Han Ying participated in the Olympic Games for the second time. At the age of 38, she did not think that she might once once more ascend to the top hall at this age. In the singles event, she also lost in the top 8, and although she missed the medal in the team competition, she still won the first place. A four-place finish.
Just when everyone was wondering if Han Ying was regarding to retire, the 39-year-old her performance suddenly exploded. First, she won the women’s singles championship in the European Championships, and then she won the World Billiards Major League Star Challenge Duha Station. (WTT Star Contender DOHA) won the runner-up in the world ranking and reached the 8th place in the world to usher in the peak of her career. Recently, she led the German team to beat the Hong Kong team to the top 4 in the World Table Tennis Team Championship.
Han Ying considers herself very lucky to be able to enter the international arena, and also thinks that if she did not go to Germany and chose to stay in China, her chances of participating in the Olympics would be lower than that of winning the lottery. Although she chose a special path, she still became Since the top billiard players are seen by the world and continue to fight on the court, she once said that friends often compare her to “snooker grandma” Ni Xialian, but she herself does not dare to compare with her predecessors, as for whether she can be like Ni Xialian When he is 50 years old, he is still on the field, so let’s wait and see!
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