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Chen Longcan

Chen Longcan (陈龙灿), born 1965 in Sichuan, Chinese table tennis player; 1988 Seoul Olympic men's doubles gold with Wei Qingguang, China's first Olympic table tennis gold, and 1985 world singles silver.

Chen Qi

Chen Qi (陈玘), Chinese table tennis player born 1984 in Nantong; left-handed shakehand attacker. Won 2004 Athens Olympic men's doubles gold with Ma Lin as youngest Olympic table tennis champion (20 years 128 days), plus four world titles; later Jiangsu coach. Distinct from javelin thrower Chen Qi (陈奇) and footballer Chen Qi (陈琪).

Chen Qian

Chen Qian (陈倩) names two Chinese Olympians: a modern pentathlete (born 1987, Suzhou) who placed 4th and 5th at the 2008 and 2012 Games before a 2016 HCTZ disqualification, and a swimmer (born 1993, Qingdao) who set the 2010 short-course 4x200 m freestyle relay world record.

Chen Qingchen

Chen Qingchen (陈清晨), Chinese badminton women's doubles player born 1997; with Jia Yifan won Paris 2024 Olympic gold, Tokyo 2020 silver, and a record four World Championships titles; retired 2025.

Chen Shih Hsien

Chen Shih Hsien (陳詩欣, born 1978), Taiwanese taekwondo fighter for Chinese Taipei; won women's flyweight (≤49 kg) gold at Athens 2004, the first-ever Olympic gold for Chinese Taipei, after earlier World Cup and Asian Games titles.

Chen Wei Ling

Chen Wei Ling (陳葦綾, born 1982 in Tainan) is a Taiwanese weightlifter and powerlifter who won the women's 48 kg gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Chen Weiqiang

Chen Weiqiang (陈伟强, born 1958) is a Chinese weightlifter, nephew of Chen Jingkai, who won the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics men's featherweight (60 kg) gold with a 282.5 kg total and set two bantamweight clean & jerk world records in 1979.

Chen Xiaomin

Chen Xiaomin (陈晓敏), born 1977 in Heshan, Guangdong, is a Chinese retired weightlifter and 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in the women's 63 kg class with a 242.5 kg total, a three-time world champion (1993, 1995, 1996) who served a 1997 doping disqualification.

Chen Xiexia

Chen Xiexia (陈燮霞, born 1983) is a Chinese weightlifter who won the women's 48 kg gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's first gold of those Games, and was later disqualified for doping.

Chen Yanqing

Chen Yanqing (陈艳青), Chinese weightlifter born 1979 in Suzhou, won women's 58 kg gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, the first woman with two Olympic weightlifting golds and holder of 58 kg world records.

Chen Yibing

Chen Yibing (陈一冰), Chinese artistic gymnast born 1984 in Tianjin, still rings specialist; Olympic rings gold 2008, team gold 2008 and 2012, four world rings titles, nicknamed King of the Rings.

Chen Yiwen

Chen Yiwen (陈艺文), born 1999 in Haikou, Hainan, is a Chinese diver and Paris 2024 double Olympic champion in women's 3m springboard and 3m synchronised, with nine world championship golds and multiple Diving World Cup titles.

Chen Yueling

Chen Yueling (陈跃玲), born 1968 in Tieling, China, race walker who won the first Olympic women's walk title, 10 km gold at Barcelona 1992, and competed for the USA at Sydney 2000.

Chen Yufei

Chen Yufei (陈雨菲), Chinese women's singles badminton player from Hangzhou; Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, 2022 world silver medalist, three-time Sudirman Cup winner, world No. 4 in 2026.

Chen Yunxia

Chen Yunxia (陈云霞), born 1995, Chinese rower; Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold in women's quadruple sculls (6:05.13) with Zhang Ling, Lyu Yang, Cui Xiaotong; 2019 and 2022 world champion; now in double sculls.

Chen Yuxi (陈芋汐)

Chen Yuxi (陈芋汐), born 2005 in Shanghai, is a Chinese 10m platform diver: two-time Olympic synchro champion (Tokyo with Zhang Jiaqi, Paris with Quan Hongchan), four-time world platform champion, 42 total AQUA and Olympic medals.

Cheney Stadium

Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, Washington baseball park, home of the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners affiliate) since 1960; built in 100 days, renovated 2010-11 for $30 million, capacity 6,500.

Cheng Feng Jung

Cheng Feng Jung (Zheng Fengrong, 郑凤荣, 1937–2026) was a Chinese high jumper who set a 1.77 m women's high jump world record in Beijing on 17 November 1957, the first athletics world record by a Chinese athlete and first by a Chinese woman in any sport.

Chengdu Rongcheng F.C.

Chengdu Rongcheng (成都蓉城) is a Chinese Super League football club from Chengdu, China, based at Phoenix Hill Sports Park (50,695 seats). Promoted in 2022, it won the 2026 CSL title under John Aloisi and debuted in the 2025/26 AFC Champions League Elite.

Chengdu Tianfu

Chengdu Tianfu (成都天府国际赛道), or Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit, is a 3.265 km FIA Grade 2 racing circuit near Jianyang, Chengdu, opened December 2023, replacing Chengdu Goldenport and hosting the 2026 TCR World Tour.

Chennai Formula Racing Circuit

Chennai Formula Racing Circuit (Chennai Street Circuit, CFRC): 3.5 km, 19-corner anti-clockwise temporary street circuit around Island Grounds, Chennai, designed by Driven International; FIA Grade 3; hosts F4 India and Indian Racing League night races since 2024.

Chennai Super Kings (சென்னை சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ்)

Chennai Super Kings (சென்னை சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ்), CSK, is a 2008 IPL franchise from Chennai with five titles (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023), ten finals, and a two-year 2015 suspension.

Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited

Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSKCL) is the unlisted Indian company, formed in 2014 from an India Cements demerger, that owns the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, the Super Kings Academy network, and the Texas Super Kings MLC team.

Chennai Super Kings in 2012

Chennai Super Kings' 2012 IPL season: defending champions who bought Ravindra Jadeja for USD 2 million via silent tie-breaker, scraped into the playoffs on net run rate, beat MI and DD, then lost the final to Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets, finishing runners-up.

Chennai Super Kings in 2013

Chennai Super Kings in 2013: CSK's sixth IPL season, runner-up to Mumbai Indians after a 23-run final loss at Eden Gardens; 11-5 league record, Hussey's 733-run Orange Cap, Bravo's 32-wicket Purple Cap, and the Meiyappan spot-fixing arrest.

Chennai Super Kings in 2021

Chennai Super Kings in 2021: the IPL franchise's title-winning 14th season, also called CSK's fourth championship campaign, beating KKR by 27 runs in the Dubai final after recovering from a first-ever playoff miss in 2020.

Chennaiyin FC

Chennaiyin FC (Marina Machans), Chennai-based Indian Super League football franchise since 2014, co-owned by Vita Dani, Abhishek Bachchan, and M.S. Dhoni; two-time ISL champions (2015, 2017-18), home at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium

Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium (청도소싸움경기장), South Korea's first permanent bullfighting arena, an 11,845-seat openable dome in Cheongdo County opened in 2011, hosting weekend bull-versus-bull matches with legal ugwon betting and ongoing animal-welfare controversy.

Cherie DeVaux

Cherie DeVaux (born 1981, Saratoga Springs, NY) is an American Thoroughbred trainer; first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner (Golden Tempo, 2026, 23-1) and 2024 Breeders' Cup Mile winner.

Cherie Piper

Cherie Piper (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey forward and executive; three Olympic golds (2002, 2006, 2010), 2004 world champion; now Hockey Canada senior manager of scouting and player development.