Chen Zhong

Chen Zhong, born on 22 November 1982 in Jiaozuo, Henan, is a retired Chinese taekwondo competitor who represented China at three consecutive Summer Olympic Games. She won China's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, defeating Natalia Ivanova of Russia, and defended the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens against Myriam Baverel of France. She also won the 2007 World Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing a quarter-final win over Sarah Stevenson of Great Britain was overturned after video review, the first time an Olympic taekwondo result was changed, and she went out without a medal. She had played basketball for four years before switching to taekwondo in 1995.