The World Best High Jumper -- Zhu Jianhua
世界跳高第一飞人——朱建华
Before Liu Xiang winning the first gold medal for China in men's athletics items in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Zhu Jianhua, who won the bronze medal in high jump in the Los Angles 1984 Olympic Games, made China's best record of men's athletics items. Before the Olympic Games, almost everyone believed that Zhu Jianhua would win the gold medal because he had fabulously broken world records for three times from June 1983 to June 1984. The champion's result in the Los Angeles Olympic Games was 2.35m and the champion's result in the Athens Olympic Games was just 2.36m, which were far less than Zhu Jianhua's world record 2.39m. But Zhu Jianhua's result was only 2.31m in the Los Angeles Olympics. The reason of his failure was lacking the experience and psychology of joining in world races. Though he was very skillful, the excessive pressure in his mind defeated him finally. It's a real tragedy.
在2004年雅典奥运会上刘翔为中国男子田径选手夺得第一块金牌之前，中国男子田径选手在奥运会上的最好成绩属于朱建华。1984年洛杉矶奥运会，朱建华夺得调高铜牌。赛前，国人都认为他能够夺得金牌，在1983年6月到1984年6月整整一年时间里，朱建华令人难以置信地三次打破跳高世界纪录。洛杉矶奥运会男子跳高冠军成绩是2米35，跟朱建华保持的2米39的世纪纪录有相当差距，即使是在20年后的雅典奥运会上，男子跳高冠军也只跳过2米36，但朱建华当年只跳过了2米31。朱建华没有获得金牌的主要原因，是明显缺乏参加世界级比赛的经验和正常心态，心理压力太大，导致发挥发常。身怀绝技，却因“心魔”自己打败自己——确实是一大悲剧。
Zhu Jianhua was born in Shanghai in May 29th 1963. He began to have high jump training with the famous coach Hu Hongfei in the South area of Shanghai Sport School in 1973. In 1979, he won silver medal at 2.13m in the World Middle School Students Athletic Games and broke the national youth record. In 1980, he won gold medal at 2.29m in the 3rd International Youth Athletic Games. In June 1981, he broke the Asian record of 2.29m made by Ni Zhiqin 11 years ago at 2.30m in the Asian Athletic Championships in Tokyo. Then in 1982, he had passed the height of 2.31m, 2.32m and 2.33m, and became the one who jumped highest in the world in that year. The year of 1983 was a flourishing period for Zhu Jianhua. On June 11th, he broke the world record of 2.36m made by Deutsche Demokratische Repubic's Wessing three years ago at 2.37m in the Warm-up of 5th National Games in Beijing. On September 22nd, he broke the world record again at 2.38m in the final of 5th National Games in Shanghai. He also won a bronze medal in the 1st World Athletic Championships in the same year. On June 10th 1984, he broke the world record for the third time at 2.39m in an international race in Bundesrepublik Deutschland. He became a world-class high jumper who broke the world record for 3 times in 12 months, and was named the "King of High Jump" in China. Then in August 1984, he won bronze medal at 2.31m in the 23rd Olympic Games. Zhu Jianhua's skill style was "three swifts", which were swift running, swift jumping and swift over. He had been selected to be one of the "1983 World Best Athletes" for 3 times by foreign magazines. From 1982 to 1984, he had been awarded the "National Sports Honors" medals by the National Sports Committee, and was selected to be the "National Top 10 Athletes for 3 times. In 1984, he was selected to be one of the "Outstanding Athletes of PRC". Though the peak of his sports life was just the bronze medal winning in the Los Angles 1984 Olympic Games, the name Zhu Jianhua still reminds us of a pride memory now when decades have passed. His achievement in high jump gives him the name "World Best High Jumper".
朱建华1963年5月29日出生于上海市。1973年进入上海市南市区体校开始从事调高训练，师从于著名教练员胡鸿飞。1979年朱建华在世界中学生田径比赛中，跳过2.13米，获得亚军，并打破全国少年纪录。1980年他在第3届国际青年田径赛上，以2.25米的成绩获得冠军。1981年6月在日本东京举行的第4届亚洲田径锦标赛上，朱建华征服了2.30米的高度，打破了由倪志钦保持了11年之久的2.29米的亚洲记录。1982年他接连跳过2.31米、2.32米、2.33米的高度，陈伟当年世界上跳得最高的人。1983年是朱建华步入辉煌的一年。6月11日在北京举行的第5届全运会田径预选赛上，他以2.37米的成绩打破了由前民主德国选手韦西格保持了三年之久的2.36米的世界纪录，9月22日在上海举行的第5届全运会田径决赛中，再以2.38米打破世界纪录。这一年他还获得首届世界田径锦标赛男子跳高的铜牌。1984年6月10日他在前联邦德国举行的国际比赛中，以2.39米的优异成绩第三次打破世界纪录，成为在一年时间内连续三次打破男子跳高世界纪录的世界级跳高明星，被誉为中国的“跳高王”。同年8月在第23届奥运会上以2.31米获得铜牌。朱建华在长期的训练中形成了“三快”的技术风格，即助跑快、起跳快、过杆快。他曾五次被国外体育报刊、杂志评选为1983年度“世界最佳运动员”。1982～1984年连续三年获得国家体委颁发的“体育运动荣誉奖章”，三次评选为“全国十佳运动员”。1984年被评为中华人民共和国成立35年来杰出运动员之一。尽管他在运动生涯的巅峰仅获得1984年洛杉矶奥运会的跳高铜牌，几十年过去了，但提起朱建华，仍能唤起人们对当时那种自豪、热望、激昂情怀的回忆。朱建华以卓越的成绩为自己赢得了“世界第一飞人”的荣誉。
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