Chen Jing (table tennis)

Chen Jing (simplified Chinese: 陈静; traditional Chinese: 陳靜; pinyin: Chén Jìng; born 20 September 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a table tennis player and Olympic champion for China, and later Olympic medalist for Chinese Taipei.

Chen Jing
Personal information
NationalityChina
Republic of China
Born (1968-09-20) 20 September 1968
Wuhan, China
EducationSouth China Normal University
Height5' 7"
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Singles
2000 Sydney Singles
World Championships
1993 Gothenburg Singles
2000 Kuala Lumpur Team
1997 Manchester Mixed Doubles
Asian Championships
1998 Osaka Singles
Representing  China
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Singles
1988 Seoul Doubles
World Championships
1987 New Delhi Team
1989 Dortmund Team
1989 Dortmund Doubles
1989 Dortmund Singles
1989 Dortmund Mixed Doubles
Asian Championships
1986 Shenzhen Doubles
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Early Life

Chen Jing was born on September 20, 1960 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. At the age of 11, she was the champion of the youth bracket in a table tennis tournament hosted by the Children's Palace in Wuhan, and was selected for the Hubei Province team. At the age of 18, she was selected for the Chinese national team.

Professional Career

She received a golden medal in singles and a silver medal in doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1][1][2]

In 1991, she defected to Taiwan after failing to make the national team in 1990, where she won the Taiwanese national table tennis competition and joined the Taiwanese national team. Competing for Chinese Taipei, she received a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,[3] the only medal for Taipei in those Olympics. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Personal Life

In 1992, she started studying at Princeton University, where she assumed a position as the coach of the Princeton table tennis team and studied English. After the 1996 Olympics, she returned to Taipei Physical Education College to obtain her Masters' Degree. In 2003, she started studying at South China Normal University to obtain her Doctorate in Sports Psychology.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2011-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Tabletennis" Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  3. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  4. "陈静 （女子乒乓球奥运冠军）". Baidu Wiki. Retrieved 16 December 2019.


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