Ye Li
Template:Chinese name Ye Li (simplified Chinese: 叶莉; traditional Chinese: 葉莉; pinyin: Yè Lì; born November 20, 1981 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional basketball player who played for the China women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ye Li, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, is married to Yao Ming, a center who plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Ye met Yao at the age of seventeen in 1998.[2] Ye 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] Ye married Yao on August 6, 2007.[4][5] The couple is expecting their first child, a daughter, in July 2010.[6]
References
- ^ Ye Li at sports-reference.com
- ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. p. 237.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. p. 240.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Yao Ming to wed longtime girlfriend in Shanghai
- ^ Brisbanetimes.com.au, Yao Ming nuptials set for August 5
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_yao_baby
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