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Jin Yujia (; born 6 February 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player.


Early life

Born in Hangzhou, Jin arrived in Singapore in early 2008 when she was 10 not intending to become an athlete, but rather as a student. She attended Yu Neng Primary School at Bedok and completed her O Levels examinations at Anglican High School at Tanah Merah. However, as her mother Yang Nianhong was an ex-Chinese national player in badminton, she was used to playing with the sport recreationally. Eventually, she played well enough to join the Singapore national team on her own merit to play full-time.


Career

Jin won her first senior international title at the 2017 India International Series tournament in Hyderabad, India. At the 2018
Mongolia International The Mongolia international or Mongolia Satellite is an open international badminton tournament in Mongolia organised by the Mongolian Badminton Association, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia The Badminton Asia is the ...
, she won double titles in the mixed and women's doubles event.


2022 Commonwealth Games

At the
2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
, Jin won the bronze medal as Singapore finished bronze medalists at the mixed team event after defeating England 3–0.


Achievements


BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :
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tournament :
BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jin, Yujia Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Hangzhou Badminton players from Zhejiang Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Singaporean female badminton players Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Singaporean women