Career Transition, Prospects, and Challenges Faced by Chinese Elite Female Athletes in Competitive Sports

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to study career transition, prospects, and challenges faced by Chinese elite female athletes in competitive sports. This article uses the life history approach in the qualitative method and Schlossberg’s transition theory to investigate the reasons for the retirement of elite female athletes and the specific problems during and after retirement period. And the article deeply explores the real needs of elite female athletes during the transition period of retirement. Find out the specific problems in the Chinese competitive sports athletes’ training system and the social guarantee system. After that, it will focus on the “Female” elite sports, combining social reality, and put forward relevant suggestions from five aspects: Policy environment, Social Environment, Social Media, Social Faith, and Social Network. So as to fill in the gaps of researches in the field of “female sports” in China and provide references for further improving the retirement protection system of Chinese competitive sports athletes.