Chen Yuanjiang
Chinese athlete (born 2006)
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Chen Yuanjiang (born 27 January 2006) is a Chinese sprint hurdler. He won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games.[1]
110m hurdles: 13.28 (2025)
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| Born | 27 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles 7.62 (2025) 110m hurdles: 13.28 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Born in Jining, Shandong province, Chen moved with his parents to Ningbo, Zhejiang province, as a child. He began training in long jump and hurdles in 2017.[2]
In 2023, he won the Chinese National Students Games over 110 metres hurdles. He was a silver medalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Dubai. His time of 13.26 seconds (1.2 m/s) bettered the previous championship record as he finished 0.2 behind Qatar’s Oumar Doudai Abakar.[3][4][5]
He won a bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in 13.21 seconds setting a new national U20 record for junior sixed hurdles, having won his senior-final in 13.38 seconds.[6][7]
Competing in June 2025 in Bengbu he lowered his personal best in the 110 metres hurdles to 13.28 seconds, placing him fourth all-time in the U20 category list for the senior sized hurdles in the event, behind only his compatriot Liu Xiang (13.12 seconds), and Americans Ja'Kobe Tharp, and Renaldo Nehemiah.[8] He was a semi-finalist competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 110 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[9]
In February 2026, he won the bronze medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China.[10] In March 2026, he was a semi-finalist over 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[11] In September, he won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, running 13.15 seconds in the final, in wet conditions.[2]