Every Olympic Games will produce many champions, but there is still a big difference between champions. Some people will receive millions of real estate as soon as they win the championship, while others will not get much discussion. Athletes are living off their youth, and many retire early due to age and injuries. It would be best for Olympic champions to switch to the entertainment industry, but only a few can take this path. There are still many people who, although not entering the entertainment industry, have still made their own way.

In the table tennis world, Kong Linghui's achievements are no less than those of Liu Guoliang. He has won numerous awards and was the Olympic champion in 1996 and 2000. After Kong Linghui retired, he became the head coach of the national women's table tennis team.

Unfortunately, Kong Linghui did not restrain himself in his private life and had several problems. In 2017, he was sued by a Singapore casino for HK$2 million. The impact of the incident was so bad that Kong Linghui was suspended from coaching.

As a sports star, Kong Linghui still has a lot of choices. In 2018, he also sold purple clay teapots. The price starts at a thousand yuan, so he should make a lot of profits.

Many people think that selling purple clay teapots has become Kong Linghui’s career, but in fact it was just a crowdfunding project launched by Kong Linghui three years ago. It was in cooperation with enterprises, more like a joint venture, and it was indeed crowdfunded in the end. It worked.

In the past few years, Kong Linghui has kept a much lower profile, rarely makes public appearances, and does not even engage in social media.

Every game of the women's volleyball team is played with passion, but as a team sport, there are not many athletes who can excel. Zhao Ruirui was once the deputy attacker of the women's volleyball team. She was once known as "the best assistant attacker in the Chinese women's volleyball team" and "the best assistant attacker in the world". In 2004, she helped the women's volleyball team win the Olympic championship.

Zhao Ruirui was once famous and ranked 87th on the 2004 Forbes China Celebrity List.

The most feared but unavoidable thing for athletes is injury. In 2004, Zhao Ruirui was seriously injured twice before and after the Olympics and suffered severe fractures. She recovered well and retired after participating in the Beijing Olympics.

After retiring, Zhao Ruirui turned to writing and published the animated novel "Apocalyptic Awakening", the fantasy novel "Colorful Feather Man", the full-length animated novel "Suspended Dreams", and the autobiography "The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars" ", among which "Cai Yu Xia" also won the "Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award for Best Novel Silver Award".

Zhao Ruirui turned into a writer, which is unique among all retired athletes.

Zhuang Yong is also famous, but it was last century before she retired. Zhuang Yong's most glorious achievement was defeating American athlete Thompson to win the freestyle championship at the 1992 Olympics. This was China's first swimming Olympic gold medal.

In 1993, Zhuang Yong retired at the age of 21. At first, she entered the entertainment industry and became a music program host. She also got married and moved to Singapore with her husband. Later, she The marriage broke up and he began to return to China for development. He founded a media company with his partner and served as the vice chairman.

The company has been very successful. In 2008, it became the designated LED operating company for the Olympic Games. The company has been planning to go public, but has tried for many years without success. It was not until 2014 that the company terminated its IPO and was acquired. Zhuang Yong finally realized his dream of getting rich overnight, with assets of hundreds of millions.

Being able to do business to this extent is considered very successful.

There are still many Olympic champions who have turned to business. For example, diver Lao Lishi, who was as famous as Tian Liang, Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia, ??etc., was the 2004 Olympic women's 10-meter platform double champion and has performed well in major international competitions. Won multiple awards.

In the 2008 Olympic trials, Lao Lishi missed the finals due to a strained shoulder; in 2010, at the age of 23, she officially retired.

After retiring, many athletes choose to go to university for further studies and then enter politics. Luo Lishi was also like this at first, but then she felt that office work was too boring. In 2014, she decisively resigned and started her own business to open an online store. Began selling jewelry and jade.

Lao Lishi’s online store is still very successful, with annual profits exceeding one million. When Alibaba went public in 2014, she was one of the eight bell ringers, and took a happy photo with Jack Ma.

It is not easy to open an online store. It is very impressive that Luo Lishi can achieve such results.

Gymnastics is China’s dominant sport, and myths like Li Ning emerged, and later Li Xiaoshuang was also very good. Li Xiaoshuang's experience is very inspiring. He was withdrawn from the national team twice, and later became the 1992 and 1996 Olympic champion. At the Atlanta Olympics, his comeback in the all-around competition is a classic.

In 1997, Li Xiaoshuang, who was only 24 years old, retired due to injury and started his own business.

Li Xiaoshuang's entrepreneurial journey was not as smooth as Li Ning's. He first opened a company in partnership with his brother Li Dashuang, but the performance was indifferent. He then tried to sign a contract with a record company and recorded an album.

In 2000, he decided to follow Li Ning's example and opened a sports goods company in partnership with his brother, which he has been running ever since. The company suffered a lot of losses in the beginning, and it took the brothers eight years to finally turn losses into a profit.

The big and small pairs later opened a gymnastics school and a teahouse together, and their business scope expanded step by step. Although Li Xiaoshuang's brand is not as famous as Li Ning's now, he is still a big boss with a net worth of over 100 million. He also knows how to be content and lives a relatively leisurely life.

Meng Guanliang's Olympic results are also very brilliant. In 2004, he won the double rowing 500-meter championship at the Athens Olympics, becoming China's first gold medal in rowing. Meng Guanliang was 27 years old at the time and decided to retire, but he soon came back and defended the Olympic title in 2008. His strength cannot be underestimated.

After the Beijing Olympics, Meng Guanliang officially retired and began to enter politics, serving as the director of the Zhejiang Water Sports Management Center. Many Olympic champions are involved in politics, but it is difficult to achieve great results. Meng Guanliang is an exception. He worked quietly and served as deputy director, director, and canoeing head coach. In 2017, he was promoted to Changde City Standing Committee and deputy mayor.

After being promoted, Meng Guanliang is still very busy, and he has not completely bid farewell to the sports world. The 44-year-old still serves as a canoeing coach and leads the team to the Tokyo Olympics.

In general, Olympic champions now have more and more choices after retirement, and their development is getting better and better. They once won glory for the country on the court, retreated bravely, and achieved personal career success. Their success, whether on or off the court, their fighting spirit encourages us to always move forward.