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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name          = Yu Jing
| image         = WSDSSC Kolomna 2016 - Yu Jing.JPG
| country       = {{CHN}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1985|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place   = 
| height        = 1.63 m
| weight        = 55 kg
| medaltemplates= 
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2012 Calgary]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2014 Nagano]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2009 Moscow]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Single Distance Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2012 Heerenveen]]|[[2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2012 Heerenveen]]|[[2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2017 Gangneung]]|[[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana]]|500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|500 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|1000 m}}
}}
{{Chinese name|[[Yu (Chinese surname)|Yu]]}}
'''Yu Jing''' ({{zh|c=于静}}; born 29 May 1985) is a Chinese long-track speed-skater who specializes in the sprint distances. She became the [[2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Champion in 2012]], setting world records in both the sprint combination and the 500 metres. She held the world record in the sprint combination until [[Heather Richardson-Bergsma|Heather Richardson]] bettered it in January 2013,<ref name=sprintcombo>{{cite web
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}}</ref> and the [[World record progression 500 m speed skating women|world record in 500 metres]] until [[Lee Sang-hwa]] broke it in November 2013. The time, 36.94 seconds, was the Chinese record until broken by [[Zhang Hong (speed skater)|Zhang Hong]] in November 2015.<ref name=nr>{{cite web
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 |title      = National Records – China (CHN)
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==Career==
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Yu Jing made her [[ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]] debut at the [[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4|Changchun meeting]] in 2008, after winning a gold and a bronze at the Asian Championships the year before. Already a week later, Yu won her first World Cup victory in the 500 m [[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5|at Nagano]], and a second-place in the 1000 m. During the [[2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2009 World Sprint Championships]] in Moscow, she managed to secure a bronze medal. The rest of the season, she raced consistently and acquired multiple podium places in the [[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]], but there were no more victories. In the World Cup total, Yu placed 5th in the [[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres|500 m]] and 9th in the [[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]].  At the [[2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2009 World Single Distance Championships]] in Richmond, Yu missed the podium in both the 500 m and 1000 m events, finishing 4th and 12th, respectively.

Her next season at the top level was a lot less fruitful than the first. In the [[2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]], she was struggling to copy the results of her first year, and at the end of the season, she was never anywhere near reaching the podium. At the [[2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2010 World Sprint Championships]] in Obihiro, Yu finished 6th. Yu also represented [[China at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver, but finished a disappointing 32nd in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|1000 m]].

In the [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|2010–11 season]], Yu returned as a force to be reckoned with and was on the podium three times in the 500 m World Cup stops [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4|in Changchun]] and [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5|Obihiro]] in December 2010. She chose not to compete anymore in the World Cup in order to concentrate on the [[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Asian Winter Games]] in Astana, starting in the end of January 2011. The gamble turned out to be successful, and on 1 February, she managed to take the gold medal in the 500 m event, beating [[Wang Beixing]] and [[Lee Sang-hwa]].

When the [[2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]] circuit started again in the fall of 2011, Yu began to dominate in the 500 m. At the first [[2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1|meeting in Chelyabinsk]], she won both of the races over that distance, each time with a winning margin over 0.4 seconds. After skipping the second [[2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|meeting in Astana]], she likewise went on to triumph in both 500 m races [[2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3|in Heerenveen]] and also gained a second place in the 1000 m. Obviously, she could be a major contender for the [[2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2012 World Sprint Championships]] in Calgary, and perhaps the only one capable of challenging the reigning champion, [[Christine Nesbitt]].

On the first day of the championships, Yu had technical trouble in the 500 m and finished a disappointing 7th there, as well as gaining a respectable 4th spot in the 1000 m. After the first day of racing, she was in the fifth position, 0.665 points behind Nesbitt, who had set a world record in the 1000 m and looked like the clear favorite. On the second 500 m, Yu was paired with the then-current world record holder [[Jenny Wolf]], but raced phenomenally, and passed the finishing line setting the time 36.94, thereby snatching the world record and becoming the first woman ever to skate a 500 m in under 37 seconds. She also overtook Nesbitt as the leader of the championships, though having a slim lead of 0.57 seconds before the final 1000 m, where the two would face each other in the final pair. There, Yu started aggressively and had the lead over Nesbitt after 200 m and 600 m. As expected, Nesbitt had the better last round and went on to win this distance, but she only managed beat Yu with 0.54 seconds. Yu finished with the time 1.13.47, and cut her personal best with over a second. In the end, Yu became the world champion by only 0.02 point margin, and also set the world record in the sprint combined.

===Personal records===
{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref=<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=4586
 |title      = Jing Yu
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}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|Women's [[speed skating]]}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.94|29 January 2012|{{nowrap|[[Olympic Oval]]}}, Calgary|[[World record progression 500 m speed skating women|World record]] until broken by [[Lee Sang-hwa]] on 20 January 2013. Chinese record until broken by [[Zhang Hong (speed skater)|Zhang Hong]] on 20 November 2015.<ref name=nr/>|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:13.47|29 January 2012|{{nowrap|Olympic Oval}}, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Sprint comb.|148.610|28–29 January 2012|{{nowrap|Olympic Oval}}, Calgary|World record until broken by [[Heather Richardson-Bergsma|Heather Richardson]] on 20 January 2013.<ref name=sprintcombo/>}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|2:05.02|10 November 2007|{{nowrap|[[Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink]]}}, Changchun|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:35.09|19 October 2007|{{nowrap|Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink}}, Changchun|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|8:12.99|7 December 2007|{{nowrap|Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink}}, Changchun|}}
{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.speedskatingnews.info/?page_id=814&skater=13673 Yu Jing at SpeedSkatingNews]

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