Chen Zhong

Chen Zhong (Chinese陈 中, pinyin Chén Zhong, born November 22, 1982 in Jiaozuo ) is a former Chinese Taekwondo, which was active in the heavyweight division. With two Olympic victories she is the most successful Taekwondo at the Olympics.

Chen played at a sports school basketball first several years before they came to the 1995 Taekwondo. Two years later she was inducted into the national team, in 2000 they finally came to an elite sports school. Your first successes celebrated Chen in 1998., You won at the Asian Games in Bangkok and bronze at the Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City silver. A year later, she won a bronze medal in the class up to 72 kg on the first attempt at their first World Cup in 1999 in Edmonton. The real breakthrough came in Chen in 2000. Has initially been in Hong Kong in the heavyweight division for the first time Asia Champion and later took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney. In the heavy- weight over 67 kg, she reached the finals with three wins and was named after a final victory against Natalya Ivanova Olympic champion. In the following years, Chen was successful. In the category up to 72 kilograms, she won each the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Jeju -si and the Asian Games 2002 in Busan, repeated winning the Asia Cup 2002 in Amman and was in the heavyweight over 72 kg bronze at the 2003 World Championships in Garmisch- Partenkirchen their third World Championship medal in a row win. Chen also launched at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and repeated the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight division after they could defeat in the final Myriam Baverel.

After the Athens Games, Chen took a longer break from Taekwondo. However, it was able to continue at the 2007 World Championships in Beijing on previous successes. In heavy weight she became world champion for the first time. One year, she won her third title in Henan at Asian Championships. She qualified for her third Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, but was unable to repeat the previous success this time. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Sarah Stevenson after they put the decisive head hit one second before the end of the fight, which was finally recognized under protest and video evidence. Chen finished third in the final standings in ninth. After the games, she ended her active career.

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