After decades of dedication to her country’s sports, track and field star Nguyen Thi Huyen has decided to retire after the 2023 National Track and Field Championship ends.
Yesterday (October 24), the golden girl of Vietnam’s athletics village – Nguyen Thi Huyen officially retired from competition right after winning the gold medal in the women’s 400m event at the National Athletics Championship.
Explaining this decision, the SEA Games record holder said that at the present time, the young athlete class is advancing very quickly, will soon rise up and replace the position of the generation of seniors and seniors like Huyen.
In addition, the fact that my health is no longer guaranteed due to my age and wanting to spend more time taking care of my family are factors that affect my desire to retire.
Nguyen Thi Huyen (right) at SEA Games 31
During her decades-long playing career, Nguyen Thi Huyen has won many titles, glorifying her country’s sports in both domestic, regional, continental and international tournaments.
Called up to the Vietnamese athletics team for the first time in 2011, Nguyen Thi Huyen soon left her mark with a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay event at the 26th SEA Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.
However, it wasn’t until four years later that the athlete from Nam Dinh really made everyone know his name.
Nguyen Thi Huyen left a bold mark at SEA Games 28
Not stopping there, at the SEA Games 2 years later in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nguyen Thi Huyen successfully defended all 3 gold medals, becoming `lonely and defeated` in the 400m SEA Games running track.
Having put aside her competitive career that year to get married and become a mother, Nguyen Thi Huyen, with extraordinary will and energy, returned to the track and continued to conquer other milestones in her career.
A strong physical foundation and speedy sprints have made Huyen successful, a beautiful image that many sports fans in the country keep in their memories.
Athlete from Nam Dinh affirms his strength in the 4x400m relay race at SEA Games 32
At the continental level, Nguyen Thi Huyen has affirmed her class in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay events with 3 gold medals at the 2017 and 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.
Nguyen Thi Huyen made a splash at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championship
The golden girl of Vietnamese athletics also once participated in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Nguyen Thi Huyen’s first and only time reaching the Olympic playground in Rio de Janeiro 2016
Nguyen Thi Huyen is the first athlete to achieve 12 gold medals in athletics at the SEA Games.
A truly massive and respectable list of achievements that any athlete would wish to have.
At the 2023 National Athletics Championship, Nguyen Thi Huyen will compete in the remaining event – 400m hurdles on October 28.
