Zhang Xiyan(simplified Chinese: 张喜燕; traditional Chinese: 張喜燕; pinyin: Zhāng Xǐyàn; April 22, 1980 in Harbin, Heilongjiang ) is the most successful female Chinese amateur and professional boxer. As of July 2010, Zhang has won a gold medal at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Bantamweight (54 kg), and Zhang turned professional in 2005, and won WBA and WIBA world titles[1] in 2006 and 2007. Zhang claimed China's first professional boxing world champion.[2]
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Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1980-04-22) 22 April 1980 (age 42) Harbin, China | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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World amateur boxing champions – women's bantamweight | |
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2001–present: up to 54 kg | |
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