Beijing time: 2024-01-02 13:52
[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, January 2, 2024]Let’s see again that former professional baseball player Zhang Zhijia was found dead at his residence in Shenzhen, China by his friends on January 1. The cause of death was alleged to be “myocardial infarction” at the age of 43. Years old, Zhang Zhijia’s mother has rushed to Shenzhen to take care of the funeral arrangements. Friends of Zhang Zhijia said that they had never heard of any abnormality in Zhang Zhijia’s body and were shocked by his sudden death.
It was shockingly reported that former professional baseball player Zhang Zhijia died suddenly in China on the 1st at the age of 43. The news shocked netizens. Some print media quoted Zhang Zhijia’s friends as saying that Zhang Zhijia passed away due to myocardial infarction. However, Zhang Zhijia had obtained a golf instructor’s license in the past two years and had never heard of any physical abnormalities. He was quite surprised to die suddenly at the age of only 43 years old.
Professional baseball player Zhang Zhijia was once a legendary pitcher in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Career highlights include the 2001 World Cup, where he became famous with a shutout performance in nine innings to help the Chinese team defeat the Japanese team. And in the 2008 Olympic Games 8-3 qualifying game, against the South Korean team, he pitched 6 points and two innings, struck out three times, walked once, and successfully restrained twice, without allowing any runs.
In 2002, Zhang Zhijia joined the Nippon Professional Baseball Seibu Lions with a signing fee of ¥1.2, setting a record for a Taiwanese professional baseball player living in Japan.
However, in 2009, Zhang Zhijia was involved in a professional baseball lottery gambling case and was banned from the Chinese Professional Baseball League for life. And in 2011, he was sentenced to two years and two months in prison.
Later, Zhang Zhijia switched to golf and participated in professional competitions as an amateur player. He recently served as a golf coach in China, but unexpectedly passed away suddenly in China. The sudden death of a once-famous legendary professional baseball player also made netizens lament.
Report compiled by Huang Yanling of NTDTV Asia Pacific
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