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Chen Yufei

Chinese badminton player

Born
March 1, 1998
Age in 2026
28
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1998

About Chen Yufei

Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019, silver medals at the 2022 and 2025 BWF World Championships, and also at the 2022 Asian Games. In 2014, she won the silver medal in the Asian Junior Championships after being beaten by Akane Yamaguchi in the final.

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Chen Yufei timeline

  1. In 2014, she won the silver medal in the Asian Junior Championships after being beaten by Akane Yamaguchi in the final.
  2. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships.
  3. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017.
  4. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1.

The world when Chen Yufei was born

Chen Yufei was born in 1998. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1998

  • #1 song"Too Close" – Next
  • Top movieShakespeare in Love
  • Top TV showSeinfeld
  • Best-selling bookA Man in Full – Tom Wolfe

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMark McGwire hits 70 home runs, breaking Roger Maris's record
  • Top headlinePresident Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives
  • Technology milestoneGoogle founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin
  • Defining fadFurby
  • Notable inventionGoogle founded
  • World population5.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population270.2M

1998 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Chen Yufei's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19982026
Gas$1.06$3.45/gal
Average home$128,400$435,000
Average income$48,950$67,500
Minimum wage$5.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.69$11.95
Postage stamp$0.32$0.73
Population270.2M341 million

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