Ye Li (basketball)
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- 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 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, 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, is currently married to Yao Ming, a center who currently plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Ye met Yao when she was seventeen.[2] Ye initially rejected Yao's many requests to go on a date, but she eventually became softer in 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Ye Li at sports-reference.com
- ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. p. 237.
- ^ Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. pp. p. 240.
- ^ Yao Ming to wed longtime girlfriend in Shanghai
- ^ Brisbanetimes.com.au, Yao Ming nuptials set for August 5

