Meng Lingzhe
Meng Lingzhe (born April 16, 1998) is a Chinese Greco-Roman wrestler. He was a silver medalist in the 130kg event at both the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships and the 2022 Asian Games. Background Meng was born in April 16, 1998 in Dingtao District, Heze, Shandong. When he was four years old, he started training in martial arts. When Meng was six years old, his talent was discovered by a coach and was taken to Heze City Sports School to train in wrestling. In December 2009, Meng went to the provincial team for training and soon became part of it. In September 2014, Meng became part of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team for China. Career Meng's first success in international competition at senior level came in January 2016 where he won a bonze medal at the 2016 Paris Grand Prix. In September 2017, Meng competed at the 98 kg event of Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2017 National Games of China in Tianjin where he won a bronze medal. In 2018, Meng moved up in weight class to compete at 130 kg. In June that year, he won a silver medal at the Hungary Grand Prix losing to Nurmakhan Tinaliyev in the