Thein Han (basketball)

In this Burmese name, the given name is Thein Han. There is no family name.
Thein Han
Personal information
Born (1998-03-20) March 20, 1998 (age 26)
NationalityMyanmar
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
PositionCenter

Thein Han (born 20 March 1998) is a basketball player from Myanmar. He represented Myanmar's national basketball team at the 2017 SEABA Championship in Quezon City, Philippines.[1]

There, at only 19 years of age, he was the tournament's dominant stealer as he averaged 3.0 steals per game, far ahead of the second placed Jio Jalalon of the Philippines who recorded 2.0 per game. Further, Han Thein was the tournament's top shot blocker as he averaged 2.3 per game.[2]

At the game against Vietnam, he came close to reaching a quadruple-double, an extremely rare achievement for a single player in a basketball game.[3]

  1. ^ Malaysia mauls Myanmar to end campaign with three-straight wins, Justine Bacnis (TIEBREAKER TIMES), 18 May 2017. Accessed 14 Dec 2017.
  2. ^ SEABA Basketball, News..., Asia-basket.com, accessed 16 Dec 2017.
  3. ^ Nguyen's double-double powers Vietnam past Myanmar, Paul Lintag (ABS CBN - SPORTS), 14 May 2017. Accessed 14 Dec 2017.