Wang Chen (table tennis player)
Wang Chen (born January 17, 1974 in Beijing ) is a former Chinese and now American table tennis player who became Asian and world champions with the Chinese team.
Career in China
Wang Chen first came into contact with table tennis at the age of seven and joined a club. Because of her talent, she left school two years later and went to a sports boarding school. As an eleven-year-old she was part of the junior national team. In 1989 she won the title with the team at the Asian Junior Championships, in doubles with Wu Na she reached the final.
In 1992 she took part in the Asian Championships for adults for the first time and reached the semi-finals in singles. At her second participation in 1996 she won three medals: silver in singles and doubles (with Wu Na ), gold with the Chinese team. She was nominated twice for participation in the world championships . In 1995 she won bronze in singles, in 1997 she became world champion with the Chinese team. At the 1996 World Cup she came third.
In the ITTF world rankings , Wang Chen finished fourth in late 1997.
When she was not considered for the 1996 Summer Olympics and participation in 2000 appeared unlikely, she withdrew from the Chinese national team in 1998 and ended her international career for the time being. She now played for several European clubs and moved to her sister in New Jersey in the United States in 2000 .
Time in the united states
After a break, Wang Chen appeared again in tournaments, such as Pro Tour tournaments. In 2006 she received American citizenship and was therefore eligible to play on the national team. In 2006 and 2007 she was North American individual champion, in 2007 and 2008 she started at the World Championships. In 2008, she also took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing, where she reached the quarter-finals in the individual and finished fifth with the American team, which consisted exclusively of women born in China with Guo Jun, Crystal Huang and Wang Chen.
In August 2008, Wang Chen announced the end of her career.
Activities in Europe
In the mid-1990s, Wang Chen played in Hungary with Statisztika Budapest , and later with the Austrian club ASKÖ Froschberg-Linz. In 1999 she was signed by TTC Langweid for the German Bundesliga . When it became known in early 2000 that she also played for the Chinese club Beijing Taiyang Medicine Table Tennis Club , she was banned from the Bundesliga by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB . Later she was back in the Froschberg squad to return to the Bundesliga for TTC HS Schwarza in 2004 . In 2006 she joined SV Böblingen , a year later she switched to MS Services Heerlen in the Netherlands.
Private
Wang Chen has been married to an American since 2006.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1996 | Kallang | SIN | silver | silver | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1992 | New Delhi | IND | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 1997 | Pune | IND | 1 | |||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 1994 | Shanghai | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 1993 | Shunde | CHN | 3 | |||
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors) | 1989 | New Delhi | IND | silver | 1 | ||
| United States | North America Championship | 2007 | Laval | CAN | gold | |||
| United States | North America Championship | 2006 | Rochester | United States | gold | |||
| United States | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | 5 | ||
| United States | PAN-American Games | 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | 5 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Santiago | CHI | Quarter finals | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | Semifinals | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 64 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Santiago | CHI | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 16 | gold | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 32 | Scratched | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Jeju-Si | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Rio | BRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Rd 1 | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Melbourne | OUT | silver | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Kota Kinabalu | MAS | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | Semifinals | Rd 1 | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Ipoh | MAS | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Melbourne | OUT | Semifinals | silver | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Brisbane | OUT | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Kitaku-Shu | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Xi'an | CHN | gold | gold | ||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | |||
| CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1996 | Tian Jin | CHN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 12 | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | last 16 | last 128 | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 16 | Quarter finals | last 16 | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 64 | Semifinals | last 16 | |
| United States | World cup | 2007 | Cheng you | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2006 | Urumqi | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
| CHN | World cup | 1997 | Shanghai | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| CHN | World cup | 1996 | Hong Kong | HKG | 3 | |||
| CHN | WTC World Team Cup | 1994 | Nimes | FRA | 3 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/6 p. 17
- ↑ Xinhuanet: Former Chinese table tennis player Wang Chen announces retirement , August 21, 2008 (accessed August 29, 2011)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 1999/8 p. 22.
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2000/2 pp. 36–37.
- ↑ Michael Jahn: Table tennis with the checkbook. In: Berliner Zeitung . February 1, 2000, accessed June 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Langweid before European Cup triumph (April 19, 2004) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- ↑ Change of club 2004/2005 ( Memento from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- ↑ Change of club 2006/2007 ( Memento from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- ↑ DTTB announcement of September 6, 2007 ( Memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- ↑ Wang Chen (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 16, 2011)
Web links
- Biography on teamusa.org (accessed August 29, 2011)
- Wang Chen (table tennis player) biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on August 29, 2011)
- Scott Ostler: Former Chinese table-tennis prodigy resuscitates her career with US team. August 15, 2008 (accessed August 29, 2011)
- Wang Chen Article about Wang Chen on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed August 29, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wang, Chen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chinese 王晨 , Pinyin Wáng Chén |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing |