Chen Meng Explained

Chen Meng should not be confused with Cheng Meng.

Chen Meng
Native Name:陈梦
Native Name Lang:zh-hans-TR
Birth Date:15 January 1994
Birth Place:Qingdao, Shandong, China[1]
Height:1.66 m[2]
Weight:59 kg
Playingstyle:Right-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment:Butterfly Viscaria, Forehand rubber DHS Hurricane 3, Backhand rubber DHS Hurricane 8[3]
Hrank:1 (January 2018)[4]
Crank:4 (23 July 2024)[5]

Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese professional table tennis 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, 2018, 2019 and 2020 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 2020 Summer Olympics. She obtained her second gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics 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.[6]

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.[6] Chen again lost to Wang in a closed-door scrimmage in June.[7]

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.[8]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, 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.[9] In the finals match, she defeated compatriot Sun Yingsha 4–2 to win the gold medal.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] [13]

In August 2021, Chen remarked that the level of play at the China National Games was harder than the Olympics.[14] At the National Games of China 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.[15]

On August 3, 2024, Chen Meng won the gold medal in the women's singles table tennis final at the Paris Olympics, defeating Sun Yingsha 4-2. On August 10, she won the women's table tennis team title at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [16]

Titles (senior level)

Singles

Doubles

Team

Personal life

Chen Meng and actor Huang Xiaoming are second cousins; their paternal grandmothers are sisters. He congratulated her on Weibo right after she won the women's singles title.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Culture and sports thrive in Qingdao. China Daily. 7 April 2018. 15 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Athlete's Profile. 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. 4 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141003030953/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5108590&lang=en. 3 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Chen Meng equipment . pingsunday.com . 19 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Chen Meng ascends to top of order . January 2018 . . 6 January 2018.
  5. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 1 October 2023.
  6. Web site: 31 May 2021. Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage. 31 May 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  7. Web site: 24 June 2021. Liu Guoliang Downplays Expectations and Reiterates Need For Mental Strength Heading into Tokyo. 25 June 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  8. Web site: 19 July 2021. Chen Meng Interview on Her Mentors and Olympic Preparations. 19 July 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  9. Web site: 28 July 2021. The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals in Memes. 29 July 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  10. Web site: Table Tennis-Chen keeps China's perfect record intact with gold. . 29 July 2021.
  11. Web site: 29 July 2021. Chen Meng Defeats Sun Yingsha 4–2 to Clinch Olympic Gold. 30 July 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  12. Web site: hermesauto. 5 August 2021. Olympics: China beat Japan to win table tennis women's team gold. 5 August 2021. The Straits Times. en.
  13. Web site: 5 August 2021. Japan comes up short in women's table tennis team final as China's dominance continues. 5 August 2021. The Japan Times. en-US. 26 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221226072858/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/05/olympics/summer-olympics/table-tennis/table-tennis-china-japan/. dead.
  14. Web site: Chen Meng: China National Games Are Harder than the Olympics. live. edgesandnets.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820193308/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/08/20/chen-meng-china-national-games-are-harder-than-olympics/ . 20 August 2021 .
  15. Web site: 25 September 2021. Injured Wang Manyu Sweeps Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to Win China National Games – Edges and Nets. 25 September 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US. 25 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210925224203/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/09/25/injured-wang-manyu-sweeps-chen-meng-and-sun-yingsha-to-win-china-national-games/. dead.
  16. Web site: https://www.ctta.cn/xwzx/ppxw/2024/0803/614874.html.
  17. Web site: 黄晓明表妹止步世乒赛16强 佟大为主动请求合影. 18 May 2013. zh. Li Wenwu. Chongqing Times. 23 January 2020. 24 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200324001144/https://sports.sohu.com/20130518/n376341959.shtml. live.

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