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| Born | (2008-12-29)29 December 2008 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 60m: 7.26s (2025) 100m: 11.10s (2025)AU20R 200m: 22.97s (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Yujie (Chinese: 陈妤颉, born 29 December 2008) is a Chinese sprinter. She is theAsian youth record holder in the100 metres and became senior Chinese national champion over that distance in 2024 as well as winning the gold medal at the2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships and the2025 National Games of China.[1]
She was born in the city ofNingbo, in east China'sZhejiang Province. Both of her parents are former athletes.[2]
In 2023, she ran times of 11.56 seconds and 11.43 seconds in the100 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 over60 metres, with a personal best time of 7.26 seconds inTianjin.[4] In April 2024, she won the 100 metres at the2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships inDubai, 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 inLima, Peru in August 2024.[2]
She made her senior championship debut as a sixteen year-old at the2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships inNanjing, where she was the youngest athlete at the championships. She ran in the same heat at Turkmenistan'sValentina Meredova who previously competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, before Yujie was born.[2] She finished fourth in the200 metres at the2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, with a personal best time of 22.99 seconds, in April 2025.[7][8][9] She competed at the2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in theWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[10]
In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the2025 World Championships inTokyo, Japan.[11] She also ran in thewomen's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.[12]
On 17 November 2025, she won the 100 metres title at the2025 National Games of China in Guangzhou, running a new Asian under-20 record time of 11.10s.[13]
