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On July 29, 1984, Xu Haifeng won the first Olympic gold medal for our country
On this day, 41 years ago, on July 29, 1984 (July 2, 1984, the lunar calendar), Xu Haifeng won the first Olympic gold medal for my country. Xu Haifeng won the first Olympic gold medal for China. Xu Haifeng was born on August 1, 1957. China shooter. On July 29, 1984, at the 23rd Los Angeles Olympics, he won the gold medal in self-selection pistol slow-shooting with a score of 566 rings. This is the first championship in my country's Olympic history. He has won many championships in international competitions. Xu Haifeng (1957-) was a native of He County, Anhui Province. He liked to play with toy guns since childhood. After graduating from high school, he bought an air gun for 40 yuan. From then on, he focused all his attention on the gun, looking at the bird nests in the trees in the distance and at the flying insects nearby. He pinned his ideals and aspirations on the gun. In 1982, Xu Haifeng entered the shooting training team of Anhui Province and became an athlete. He practiced three days in summer and three days in winter, and his shooting skills were improving day by day. In 1983, in the shooting competition of the Fifth National Games, Xu Haifeng won two silver medals: slow shooting and air pistol. In 1984, Xu Haifeng joined the National Shooting Team and served as assistant coach and athlete of the Training Center Shooting Team. On July 29 of the same year, at the shooting venue of the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA, 27-year-old Xu Haifeng won the first championship. It was also the first gold medal won by a China at the Olympics. It was a zero breakthrough in China's Olympic history. In 1990, at the 11th Asian Games held in Beijing, Xu Haifeng won the men's individual optional pistol slow-fire 60-shot competition with a score of 660 rings; he cooperated with his teammates to win the men's team optional pistol slow-fire 60-shot championship. In July 1994, at the 46th Shooting World Championships held in Milan, Italy, Xu Haifeng cooperated with his teammates to win the men's 10-meter air pistol team championship. In September 1994, at the 12th Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan, Xu Haifeng worked with his teammates to win the men's slow-fire pistol team championship. Xu Haifeng was named "Top Ten Athletes in the Country" twice in 1984 and 1986. He also won honors such as "National New Long March Assault" and "National Model Worker". Goodwill Ambassador of Nuwa Asia-Pacific Foundation. Xu Haifeng made a breakthrough in China Olympic Games


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