Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese professional

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player and Olympic champion. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

and

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and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships and a double gold medalist in the

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. She obtained her second gold medal in the

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in Paris.

Career

2020

After competitive table tennis resumed following the pandemic, Chen swept the world cup, ITTF pro tour finals, and 2020 All China National Championships.

2021

In May, Chen was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Chen won the first leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage but lost to Wang Manyu in the finals of the second leg. Chen again lost to Wang in a closed-door scrimmage in June. In an interview in July, Chen revealed that she had been in close contact with Ma Lin and Li Xiaoxia regarding mental preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. At the

, Chen competed in the women's singles event, winning her semifinals match against Singapore's Yu Mengyu 4–0 and her quarterfinals match against Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem 4–2 after trailing 2–0. In the finals match, she defeated compatriot Sun Yingsha 4–2 to win the gold medal. After the match, Chen noted that both she and Sun were both very nervous but played okay, and that Chen's extra experience helped push her over the top. In the women's team event, Chen, along with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, defeated Japan 3–0 in the finals to win the gold medal, continuing China's undefeated streak in the event. In August 2021, Chen remarked that the level of play at the China National Games was harder than the Olympics. At the

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in September, Chen placed fourth, but her bronze-medal-match opponent Liu Shiwen remarked that Chen was injured and playing far below her normal level.

2024

On 3 August 2024, Chen Meng won the gold medal in the women's singles final at the Paris Olympics, defeating Sun Yingsha 4–2. On 10 August, she helped secure the women's team title alongside her teammates, earning the People's Republic of China its 300th gold medal at the Summer Olympics.

Titles (senior level)

Singles

* ITTF World Tour Grand Finals –

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(15) –

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open 2012, 2013, 2019,

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open 2012, 2017, 2020, Swedish open 2013, 2019,

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open 2015, Australian open 2017,

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open 2017, 2020, Austrian open 2018,

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open 2019, Hungarian open 2019 *

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–

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– Gold Medal

, Gold Medal

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* WTT Grand Smash – Singapore 2022, Saudi 2024

Doubles

*ITTF World Tour Grand Finals –

(with Zhu Yuling) *ITTF World Tour (13) – **with Zhu: Kuwait 2012,

2012, 2013, 2016, Australian 2017 **with Liu Shiwen: China 2015,

2019 **with Mu Zi: Swedish 2015 **with Wang Manyu:

2017, Australian 2019,

2019 **with

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of 2011 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles, women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Ten ...

: Korea 2018, Swedish 2019

Team

Women's Team Gold Medal

, Gold Medal

**with Sun Yingsha: Wang Manyu

Personal life

Chen and actor

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang ( zh, s=黄晓明, p=Huáng Xiǎomíng, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor and singer. Huang rose to prominence for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series '' The Prince of Han Dynasty'' (2001), foll ...

are second cousins; their paternal grandmothers are sisters. He congratulated her on Weibo right after she won the women's singles title.

References

External links

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