Zhang Xiyan
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| Born | 22 April 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Xiyan (simplified Chinese: 张喜燕; traditional Chinese: 張喜燕; pinyin: Zhāng Xǐyàn; born April 22, 1980) is a Chinese professional amateur and professional boxer. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships in the bantamweight class (54 kg). Zhang won the WBA and WIBA world titles,[1] respectively, in 2006 and 2007. She claimed China's first professional boxing world champion.[2]
