Ye Li (basketball)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ye.

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.

References

  1. ^ Ye Li at sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. 237. 
  3. ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. 240. 
  4. ^ Yao Ming to wed longtime girlfriend in Shanghai
  5. ^ Brisbanetimes.com.au, Yao Ming nuptials set for August 5
4 Song X.Y. | 5 Bian L. | 6 Pan W. | 7 Hu X.T. | 8 Miao L.J. | 9 Zhang F. | 10 Sui F.F. | 11 Ye L. | 12 Chen L.Y. | 13 Wang L. | 14 Ren L. | 15 Chen N. | Coach: Gong L.M.