Wang Jiao is a Chinese wrestling team athlete born in 1988. Do you know the story about Wang Jiao?
In 1988, Wang Jiao was born into an ordinary peasant family in Sujiatun District, Shenyang City. Wang Jiao has been a head taller than her peers since she was a child. She likes all kinds of sports and is the best among her peers in running, jumping and throwing.
At the age of 13, Wang Jiao was spotted by Wang Yongbo, the judo coach of the Sujiatun District Sports School. Wang Yongbo valued Wang Jiao very much. Although Wang Jiao didn't feel anything about it, he thought that he just liked sports at the time and had no clear goals as to what project to pursue. In this way, Wang Jiao joined the judo team "in a daze". At that time, Lu Hai, the coach of the Liaoning Provincial Women's Wrestling Team, was in the process of selecting talents. By chance, Wang Yongbo mentioned to her that he had found a good prospect. Lu Hai immediately went to Sujiatun to inspect Wang Jiao, so when she was 15 years old, Wang Jiao started from judo. The team came to the wrestling team. Many people can’t understand girls engaging in wrestling. However, Wang Jiao insisted on her choice, and she also won the approval of her parents.
When Wang Jiao had only been practicing wrestling for a year and a half, she won the runner-up in the National Urban Games. 2004 was a turning point for Wang Jiao. Under the arrangement of her coach, she switched to the 72kg category and entered the national youth team. Since then, Wang Jiao has been at the top of her game, achieving great success continuously. She won the national championship for three consecutive years and won the Asian Championship and fifth place in the World Championship in 2005. In 2007, Wang Jiao won the World Youth Championship and won the championship in the 2008 "Good Luck Beijing" International Invitational Tournament. In the national team, Wang Jiao was the substitute for Wang Xu, the last Olympic champion, and was ultimately selected for the Olympic lineup. She went all the way and lived up to expectations, winning the 72kg gold medal and successfully defending the title for the Chinese women's wrestling team.
The women's freestyle wrestling 72kg final of the Beijing Olympic Games began at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium. Chinese player Wang Jiao faced off against two-time World Championship champion Stanka Sulatva of Bulgaria. Wang Jiao performed bravely. She defeated Zlateva with an overwhelming advantage of 80 3 in the first game to win the gold medal. This is the 30th gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Beijing Olympics. It is also the second time that Chinese athletes have won the gold medal at this level since they won the gold medal at this level at the Athens Olympics in 2020. Stanka Zlateva won the silver medal. In the women's freestyle wrestling 72kg bronze medal final, Japan's Hamaguchi Kyoko and Poland's Agnieszka Wischek defeated their respective opponents and tied for the women's freestyle wrestling 72kg bronze medal.