Wang Chen (; born 21 June 1976) is a Chinese

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player who later represented

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Personal life

Wang married mainland Chinese badminton player

Zheng Yumin Zheng Yumin (, born 14 August 1967) is a former Chinese badminton player. Career Zheng Yumin, born in Fujian, is the younger brother of Zheng Yuli, a former top level player who won medals in World championships and World Cup. Yumin specialise ...

in 2002. Their son Zheng Xingjun (鄭星駿）Longlong (龍龍) was born in 2012，second son Zheng Xingrong (鄭星榮） was born in 2015.

Career

In 1994, Wang won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in the girls' singles. In 1996, she won the women's singles title at the Thailand Open. She was also on the losing national team against a strong Indonesian squad in

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

that year. In 1997, she back-to-back won the Thailand Open women's singles title. In 2002, she won the

Chinese Taipei Open The Taipei Open, formerly named the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (2007–2017) and Chinese Taipei Open (2018–2019), is an open badminton international championships held in Taiwan since the 1970s, but they took place only in irregular pe ...

. In 2003, she won a gold medal at the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

. In 2004, Wang played

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. In women's singles, she defeated

Lorena Blanco Lorena Blanco (born July 22, 1977) is a badminton player from Peru, who won two bronze medals at the 2003 Pan American Games. She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong in the round of 32. In 1996 ...

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and

Yao Jie Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands. Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country ...

of the

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in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to

Zhang Ning Zhang Ning (; born 19 May 1975) is a former Chinese badminton player. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly succes ...

of the

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9–11, 11–6, 11–7. In 2005, she won the Indonesia Open and

. In 2006, she won the gold medal at the

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and for the third times clinched the

women's singles title. In 2007, she played at the

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and won the silver medal. She was defeated in the final by Zhu Lin, of

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, 8–21, 12–21 Wang competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. She was seeded fourth going into the competition. She defeated Eva Sládeková of

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, 21–7, 21–7 to advance to the third round. There she lost to

Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...

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, 19–21, 21–11, 11–21. She won the 2008 Hong Kong Super Series.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

World Cup

''Women's singles''

Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

held at the year's end. ''Women's singles'' : Superseries tournament : Superseries Premier tournament : Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : IBF/BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

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