Ye Li (basketball)
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Ye Li (simplified Chinese: 叶莉; traditional Chinese: 葉莉; pinyin: Yè Lì; born November 20, 1981) is a Chinese professional basketball player who played for the China women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
At 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, she is married to Yao Ming, a former center who played for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Ye met Yao at the age of seventeen in 1998.[2] She initially rejected Yao's many requests to go on a date, but softened her rejections, especially after he gave her team pins from many participants of the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3] They married on August 6, 2007.[4][5] The couple's first child, a daughter named Amy, was born in Houston, Texas, United States on May 21, 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ Ye Li at sports-reference.com
- ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. 237.
- ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. 240.
- ^ Yao Ming to wed longtime girlfriend in Shanghai
- ^ Brisbanetimes.com.au, Yao Ming nuptials set for August 5
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