Chen Meng facts for kids
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Chen interviewed by China News Service in 2024
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| Native name | 陈梦 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1994 Qingdao, Shandong, China |
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| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly Viscaria, Forehand rubber DHS Hurricane 3, Backhand rubber DHS Hurricane 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (January 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Meng (Chinese: 陈梦) is a famous professional table tennis player from China. She was born on January 15, 1994. Chen Meng is an Olympic champion and one of the best table tennis players in the world.
She started playing table tennis at a young age. She joined her province's team when she was only 9 years old. By 2007, when she was 13, she joined the national team. This shows how talented she was from a very young age.
Chen Meng has won many important titles. She was the women's singles champion at the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020. She also won the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals four times in a row, from 2017 to 2020. She also won the first-ever WTT Singapore Smash. She earned a silver medal in women's singles at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships. She is also a double gold medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Chen Meng's Table Tennis Journey
Winning Big in 2020
After sports started again following the global pandemic, Chen Meng had an amazing year in 2020. She won three major events: the World Cup, the ITTF Pro Tour Finals, and the 2020 All China National Championships. This showed how strong she was in the sport.
Preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
In May 2021, Chen Meng was chosen to play for China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She competed in both the women's singles and team events. She won the first Olympic practice match in China. However, she lost to fellow player Wang Manyu in the finals of the second practice match. She also lost to Wang in another practice game in June.
In July, Chen Meng shared that she had been talking with famous table tennis players Ma Lin and Li Xiaoxia. They helped her get ready mentally for the big Olympic games.
Olympic Gold Medals in Tokyo
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Chen Meng played incredibly well. In the women's singles event, she won her semifinal match against Yu Mengyu from Singapore with a score of 4–0. She also won her quarterfinal match against Doo Hoi Kem from Hong Kong 4–2, even after being behind 2–0.
In the final match, she played against her teammate Sun Yingsha. Chen Meng won 4–2, earning her first Olympic gold medal. After the match, she said that both she and Sun Yingsha were nervous but played well. She felt her extra experience helped her win.
In the women's team event, Chen Meng teamed up with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu. They defeated Japan 3–0 in the finals. This win earned them another gold medal and continued China's winning streak in the team event.
After the Olympics, in August 2021, Chen Meng said that the level of play at the China National Games was even tougher than the Olympics. At the National Games of China in September, she finished fourth. Her opponent in the bronze medal match, Liu Shiwen, mentioned that Chen Meng was injured and not playing at her usual best.
More Olympic Success in Paris 2024
Chen Meng continued her amazing Olympic journey in 2024. On August 3, 2024, she won another gold medal in the women's singles final at the Paris Olympics. She once again defeated Sun Yingsha with a score of 4–2.
Just a week later, on August 10, she helped her team win the women's team title. This victory, alongside her teammates, marked China's 300th gold medal at the Summer Olympics.
Major Wins and Achievements
Chen Meng has won many important titles throughout her career. Here are some of her top achievements:
Singles Titles
- ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- ITTF World Tour (15 wins):
- China Open: 2012, 2013, 2019
- Qatar Open: 2012, 2017, 2020
- Swedish Open: 2013, 2019
- Japan Open: 2015
- Australian Open: 2017
- German Open: 2017, 2020
- Austrian Open: 2018
- Korea Open: 2019
- Hungarian Open: 2019
- World Cup: 2020
- Summer Olympics: Gold Medal in 2020 (Tokyo), Gold Medal in 2024 (Paris)
- WTT Grand Smash: Singapore 2022, Saudi 2024
Doubles Titles
- ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: 2017 (with Zhu Yuling)
- ITTF World Tour (13 wins):
Team Titles
- Summer Olympics Women's Team Gold Medal: 2020 (Tokyo), 2024 (Paris)
- Teammates included Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.
Personal Life
Chen Meng has a famous relative! She is second cousins with the actor Huang Xiaoming. This means their grandmothers on their fathers' side are sisters. Huang Xiaoming even congratulated her on social media after she won her women's singles title.
See also
In Spanish: Chen Meng para niños
