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Nationality | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | 6 March 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 17 (August 2015) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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