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Born | Tangshan, Hebei, China | 3 May 1990||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | water polo | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 19 August 2015 |
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