Zhang Xiyan(; April 22, 1980 in

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

) 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 in 2006 and 2007. Zhang claimed China's first professional boxing world champion.

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