diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 78cf29d07..32f7b1d64 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ def __init__(
         self.threaded = threaded
         if self.threaded:
             self.worker_pool = util.ThreadPool(num_threads=num_threads)
+    
+    @property
+    def user(self) -> types.User:
+        """
+        The User object representing this bot.
+        Equivalent to bot.get_me() but the result is cached so only one API call is needed
+        """
+        if not hasattr(self, "_user"):
+            self._user = types.User.de_json(self.get_me())
+        return self._user
 
     def enable_save_next_step_handlers(self, delay=120, filename="./.handler-saves/step.save"):
         """