Chen Yujie
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| Born | 29 December 2008 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.26s (2025) 100m: 11.29s (2024) 200m: 22.97s (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Yujie (born 29 December 2008) is a Chinese sprinter. She is the Asian youth record holder in the 100 metres and became senior Chinese national champion over that distance in 2024 as well as winning the gold medal at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.[1]
Early life
[edit]She was born in the city of Ningbo, in east China's Zhejiang Province. Both of her parents are former athletes.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2023, she ran times of 11.56 seconds and 11.43 seconds in the 100 metres races at the World School Sport Games and the Student (Youth) Games of the People's Republic of China, respectively.[3]
In March 2024, she won the Chinese Athletics Indoor Championships over 60 metres, with a personal best time of 7.26 seconds in Tianjin.[4] In April 2024, she won the 100 metres at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in a time of 11.32 seconds, breaking the championship record also her own national youth record of 11.43 seconds and the U18 Asian youth record of 11.42 seconds.[5][3] In June 2024, she won the 100 metres at the Chinese national championships with a new personal best and Asian under-18 record time of 11.29 seconds.[6] She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[2]
She made her senior championship debut as a sixteen year-old at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, where she was the youngest athlete at the championships. She ran in the same heat at Turkmenistan's Valentina Meredova who previously competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, before Yujie was born.[2] She finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, with a personal best time of 22.99 seconds, in April 2025.[7][8][9] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chen Yujie". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Feature: Youngest sprinter learns through competition at Nanjing 2025". News.cn. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Chen Yujie triumphs at Asian U20 Athletics Championships". chinadaily.com.cn. April 26, 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Chinese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Highlights of 2025 Wanda Diamond League Xiamen Meeting". news.cn. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Men's long jump: Zhang Mingkun won the championship with 8.18 meters, Shu Heng won the fourth place with 8.08 meters". ppsports.com (in Chinese). April 26, 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Women's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
Asian Athletics Champions in women's 200 metres | |
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