Career
She is the most decorated Chinese Winter Olympic athlete ever with four Olympic gold medals, a silver and a bronze. She also holds the world and Olympic records in the 500 m distance and the 3000 m relay. She is one of the most decorated short track speed skaters of all time.
Wang Meng started short track speed skating in 1994, when she was nine.
In 1998 she entered Heilongjiang Provincial Sports School, which is affiliated of Harbin Institute of Physical Education. She graduated from Harbin Institute of Physical Education.
Wang was considered a strong contender for all short track speed skating events at the She set three Olympic records in the 500 m heats, while in the finals she led from start to finish accumulating a huge lead ahead of all other competitors. In the 1,500 m race, she failed to finish after having lost her footing and crashing into the barricades.
She ended up snatching three gold medals, which makes her the most successful Winter Olympian ever for China.
On 24 July 2011, Wang Meng had a physical conflict with the team manager Wang Chunlu at the hotel in the Qingdao training camp. In the scuffle her arm was injured and she had to be taken to a hospital. There was a lot of speculation in the media as to what had really happened, but both sides involved provided very different stories, which makes the truth unclear to this day.
Ten days after the incident, on 4 August 2011, Wang Meng was expelled from the national short track speed skating team and the same applied to her teammate Liu Xianwei, who actively supported Wang during those ten days.
The team manager, Wang Chunlu, was moved to another position, and Liu Hao became the new team manager. On 16 January 2014, Wang collided with a teammate while training in Shanghai for the She broke her ankle, which required surgery and a recovery period of at least six months.
She missed the Olympics as a result.