Wang Chen (; born 14 January 1974) is a retired

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player from the

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. Born in

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, China, she moved to the United States in 2000 and currently resides in

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. There she met her landlord (Jerry Wartski) who began to sponsor her in tournaments. She competed at the

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, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, where they reached the play-off round for the bronze medal. She announced her retirement on 21 August 2008.

References

External links

Wang Chen Table Tennis official site
* * 1974 births Living people American female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of the United States Table tennis players from Shanghai Table tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics American sportspeople of Chinese descent Chinese emigrants to the United States Chinese female table tennis players Pan American Games medalists in table tennis Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Naturalised table tennis players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century American women {{US-tabletennis-bio-stub