 Xiao at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | 蕭翔文 | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1999 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Chinese Taipei | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | –58 kg | ||||||||||||||
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Xiao Xiang-wen (born 18 February 1999) is a Taiwanese para taekwondo practitioner. He represented Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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