Li Xin, a legend of the Chinese women's basketball team in the 90s of the last century, was the main defender, and won the silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the silver medal in the 1994 Women's World Basketball Championships for the Chinese women's basketball team.
Li Xin's basketball career is not only full of honors, but also emotional twists and turns. After retiring, she successfully transformed into a coach, becoming the youngest coach in the history of Chinese basketball and the first female coach in the history of the CBA.
The film "Handsome Female Soldier" is based on her and has become a temporary work.
Li Xin's basketball dream began at an early age.
Born in Benxi, Liaoning Province in 1969, he came from a basketball family, and his parents were the main force in the basketball field.
As a child, she showed amazing athletic talent, and although she was disappointed in table tennis at first, she came out on top in basketball.
With a poor family, her parents made great efforts to cultivate her basketball talent.
In 1980, Li Xin, who was only 11 years old, joined the youth women's basketball team of the Shenyang Military Region and showed excellent basketball skills.
However, she has also had her share of ups and downs in her basketball career, including being rejected from the youth team due to her short stature and being expelled from the national team for her casual style.
In 1992, Li Xin participated in the Barcelona Olympics with the Chinese women's basketball team and won a historic silver medal for the team.
However, her personal life has also become the focus of attention, and her relationship with handsome basketball player Gong Xiaobin has caused a sensation.
The two first fell in love, but they broke up in 1999 and went on different paths in life.
Li Xin has experienced the peak of his head coaching career, serving as the head coach of the Beijing Aoshen men's basketball team, becoming the youngest coach in the history of Chinese basketball.
However, she also suffered injustice in her career and was expelled for handling a match.
In his personal life, Li Xin's love life has experienced many twists and turns, and his marriage has also come to an end in an eventful autumn.
In 2014, she and her husband went through divorce procedures.
After that, she went to the United States to further her studies and became a basketball assistant coach.
After returning to China in 2015, she has been focusing on her coaching career and became the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball U18 national youth team.
In 2022, the 54-year-old Li Xin will coach the U18 national youth women's basketball team again and devote herself to coaching.
However, her personal life is still single and unaccompanied by children.
On the basketball court, she considers the team her home and devotes herself to developing young players.