Chen Zhong, born November 22, 1982, in Jiaozuo, Henan, China, is a retired Chinese taekwondo competitor. Chen began playing basketball at the Jiaozuo Amateur Sport School before switching to taekwondo in 1995, joining the Chinese national taekwondo team in 1997. Chen won China's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo in the women's +67 kg heavyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended her title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won gold medals at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing before retiring from competition.
