Chen Zhonghe

{{Short description|Chinese volleyball coach}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Chen Zhonghe

| native_name = 陈忠和

| native_name_lang = zh

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

| nationality = Chinese

| sport = Volleyball

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball}}

{{MedalGold | 2003 | FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup}}

{{MedalGold | 2004 | Olympic Games}}

| show-medals = yes

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Chen Zhonghe ({{zh|c=陈忠和}}, born 2 October 1957 in Zhangzhou) is a Chinese former volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the Chinese women's national volleyball team from 2001 to 2009 and the man behind the gold medals of the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://polysz.cuhk.edu.cn/en/node/6851 | title = In Dialogue with CHEN Zhonghe: The Legend of the Former Head Coach of China National Women's Volleyball Team | website = Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen | date= 20 April 2018 |accessdate= 21 June 2021}}

Huang Bo and Peng Yuchang starred as him in the 2020 film Leap. Chen himself was outraged by the somewhat negative portrayal and threatened to sue for defamation.{{cite web|url= https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3045389/former-coach-chinas-womens-volleyball-team-chen-zhonghe-outraged | title = Former coach of China’s women’s volleyball team Chen Zhonghe outraged at ‘ugly’ film portrayal | last = Yan |first = Alice | newspaper = South China Morning Post | date = 9 January 2020 | accessdate= 21 June 2021}}