Chen Meng facts for kids
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![]() Chen Meng interviewed by China News Service in 2024
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Native name | 陈梦 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Qingdao, Shandong, China |
15 January 1994 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 4 (23 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chen Meng (born 15 January 1994) is a famous Chinese professional table tennis player. She is an Olympic champion and one of the best players in the world.
Chen Meng started playing table tennis at a young age. She joined her province's team when she was 9 years old. By the time she was 13, in 2007, she had joined the national team.
She has won many important titles. These include the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020 and the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals four times in a row (2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020). She also won the first WTT Singapore Smash. Chen Meng earned a silver medal in women's singles at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships. She is a double gold medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympics and won two more gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Chen Meng's Table Tennis Journey
2020: A Year of Big Wins
After sports started again following the pandemic, Chen Meng had a fantastic year. She won the World Cup, the ITTF Pro Tour Finals, and the 2020 All China National Championships. This showed how strong she was as a player.
2021: Olympic Glory
In May 2021, Chen Meng was chosen to play for China in the women's singles and team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She worked hard to prepare for these important games.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng played incredibly well. In the women's singles final, she played against her teammate, Sun Yingsha. It was a close match, but Chen Meng won 4-2, earning her first Olympic gold medal. She later said that both she and Sun Yingsha were a bit nervous, but her experience helped her win.
She then joined Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu for the women's team event. They played against Japan in the final and won 3-0. This victory gave Chen Meng her second gold medal at the 2020 Olympics and continued China's amazing winning streak in this event.
2024: More Olympic Gold
Chen Meng continued her success at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. On August 3, 2024, she won her second Olympic gold medal in women's singles, once again defeating Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the final. A week later, on August 10, she helped her team win the women's table tennis team title, adding another gold medal to her collection.
Major Titles (Senior Level)
Chen Meng has won many important tournaments throughout her career:
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 2020, Gold Medal 2024
- 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, Gold Medal 2024 (with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu)
About Chen Meng
Chen Meng is related to famous actor Huang Xiaoming. They are second cousins, meaning their grandmothers are sisters. Huang Xiaoming often congratulates her on social media after her big wins.
See also
In Spanish: Chen Meng para niños