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{{short description|Russian athlete}}

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| birth_date  =  July 26, 1961
| birth_place =  [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]]
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| nationality =  Russian
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| occupation  = athlete
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'''Yolanda Chen''' ({{langx|ru|Иоланда Чен}}; born July 26, 1961, in [[Moscow]]) is a retired [[Russia]]n athlete. She started as a [[pentathlon|pentathlete]], but decided to specialize in [[long jump]]. In 1988, she achieved a personal best of 7.16 metres, a good result, but from 1992 she switched to [[triple jump]] instead, a relatively new event for women. Inspired by her father [[Yevgeniy Chen]], who was among the world elite in the 1950s, she managed to jump 13.72 metres in 1992. Her great-grandfather was [[Eugene Chen]].

In 1993, she improved to 14.97 metres, a new outdoor record which would also remain her personal best. Her record was beaten at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] the same year by fellow Russian [[Anna Biryukova]], who jumped 15.09m. In 1995, Chen appeared at the [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] and won the gold medal with 15.03 metres, a new world indoor record, beating the prior record of 14.47m. She finished 11th at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] the same year.

Chen married pole vaulter [[Yevgeniy Bondarenko]]. She now works as a commentator for the Russian [[Eurosport]].

In 2023, she suggested postponing the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] to 2025 because of controversies surrounding Russia's participation.<ref>[https://matchtv.ru/olimpijskije_igry/matchtvnews_NI1774020_Iolanda_Chen_predlozhila_glave_MOK_perenesti_Olimpiadu_v_Parizhe_na_2025_god_iz_za_situacii_v_mire ИОЛАНДА ЧЕН ПРЕДЛОЖИЛА ГЛАВЕ МОК ПЕРЕНЕСТИ ОЛИМПИАДУ В ПАРИЖЕ НА 2025 ГОД ИЗ-ЗА СИТУАЦИИ В МИРЕ]</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes}}
|-
!colspan="7"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1983
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|5th
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's long jump|Long jump]]
|6.52 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[The Hague]], Netherlands
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Long jump
|6.86 m
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Duisburg]], West Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Long jump
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's long jump|6.72 m]]
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Yugoslavia
|5th
|Long jump
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump|6.90 m]]
|wind:&nbsp;+0.8&nbsp;m/s
|-
!colspan="7"|Representing {{RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Toronto]], Canada
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Triple jump
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump|14.36 m]]
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Triple jump
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.70 m]]
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|4th
|Triple jump
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump|14.48 m]]
|{{AthAbbr|w}} (+2.2&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Triple jump
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump|15.03 m]]
|{{AthAbbr|WR|triple jump}}
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|11th
|Triple jump
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.05 m]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{World Athletics}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060603155806/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/bio/w/301.html IAAF bio]

{{Footer World Indoor Champions Triple Jump Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions Long Jump Women}}
{{Russian Athletics Championships women's triple jump champions}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Moscow]]
[[Category:Russian sports journalists]]
[[Category:Soviet female long jumpers]]
[[Category:Soviet female triple jumpers]]
[[Category:Russian female triple jumpers]]
[[Category:Russian female long jumpers]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian sportspeople of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportswomen]]