Chen Zhenhe

Chen Zhenhe was a Chinese footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Born in Batavia, Java in the then Netherlands East Indies, he was brought to China by his father to be brought up in their ancestral city of Xiamen. He entered the Shanghai Jinan National University in 1926, intending to study business administration.

Football career

He played in his university football team, winning eight championships in nine years. He next played for the Shanghai club You-You. Prior to his selection for the Olympic team he had played in the winning China national football team in the Far Eastern Games in 1930 and 1934 and was playing in the Shanghai You-You F.C.

Military career and death

In 1932 he entered the Chinese Central Aviation School and became commissioned in the Chinese Air Force. He served from 1937 in the Second Sino-Japanese War that became part of World War II. A Squadron Leader, he was killed in action when on the first flight of a new aircraft he crashed near Lanzhou.