Xian Dongmei (; born 15 September 1975 in Sihui,

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Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

born in Sihui, she won the gold medal in the half-lightweight class in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Xian gave birth to a daughter only four months before beginning training for Beijing.

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