Chen Yujie

Chen Yujie (Chinese: 陈妤颉, 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 and the 2025 National Games of China.

Early life She was born in the city of Ningbo, in east China's Zhejiang Province. Both of her parents are former athletes. 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. 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. She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.

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. She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.

In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.

On 17 November 2025, she won the 100 metres title at the 2025 National Games of China in Guangzhou, running a new Asian under-20 record time of 11.10s.

In May, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana. On 16 May, she ran a personal best 22.84 seconds (+0.3) for the 200 metres at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League.