Xiong Guiyan

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|3|6}}

| birth_place = Yichun, Heilongjiang, China

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| playingstyle = Right-handed penhold

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| disability_class = 9

| highest_rank = 1 (October 2017){{cite web|url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/4648/rankings|title=Xiong Guiyan Ranking history|website=ITTF|access-date=8 January 2020}}

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| height = 165 cm{{cite web|url=http://stats.ipttc.org/profiles/4648|title=Xiong Guiyan Profile|website=ITTF|access-date=8 January 2020}}

| weight = 55 kg{{cite web|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=1312225&WinterGames=0|title=Xiong Guiyan|website=IPC.infostradasports.com |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=2 February 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}

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{{Chinese|s={{linktext|熊|桂|艳}}|t=熊桂艷|p=Xióng Guìyàn}}

Xiong Guiyan ({{zh|c=熊桂艳}}, born 6 March 1976{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/zb/engzb_table-tennis-athlete-profile-n1233747-xiong-guiyan.htm|title=Xiong Guiyan – Rio 2016 Paralympic Games |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=8 January 2020}}) is a Chinese para table tennis player. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/guiyan-xiong|title=Guiyan Xiong|website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=8 January 2020}} She also won the silver medal in the women's individual C9 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

Before she became disabled, Xiong was a table tennis prodigy. She represented her home province Heilongjiang in national competitions when she was 13. However, she was soon diagnosed with Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis, and the pain forced her to retire in 1997, after the National Games. She got married and moved to Jiangmen, and did not play the sport seriously again until she was 37.{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20160330046742|title=熊桂艳家庭|language=zh|date=30 March 2016|website=Qq.com|access-date=8 January 2020}}