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Chen Jing (; born 20 September 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a retired table tennis player and Olympic champion for
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and later Olympic medalist for
Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
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Early life

Chen Jing was born on September 20, 1968 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 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in Seoul."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Tabletennis"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 7, 2008) 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 "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
(Taiwan), she received a silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in Atlanta,"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Table Tennis"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 7, 2008) the first medal for Taiwan in the table tennis category. She received a bronze medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
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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.


See also

* List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists * Chire Koyama


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Jing 1968 births Living people Chinese female table tennis players Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan Olympic table tennis players of China Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Taiwan Olympic medalists in table tennis Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Taiwanese people from Hubei Table tennis players from Wuhan Naturalised table tennis players Taiwanese female table tennis players Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for Taiwan Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics