| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 3, 1981 (age 43) Harbin, Heilongjiang |
| Listed height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Listed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
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Miao Lijie (Chinese: 苗立杰; pinyin: Miáo Lìjié, born June 3, 1981, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese basketball player.[1]
She has been the first player to score 6.000 points in the WCBA, and the only Chinese player able to win both the WCBA and the WNBA title.[1]
She first played basketball at Hualong, joining the ranks at age 11.[2] At age 16, Miao was selected to join the Chinese National team, being part of the squad that won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championship.[2]
In 2005, she joined the Sacramento Monarchs of WNBA but left the team after a short time.[3] She would get a WCBA title in 2011, playing for Shenyang.[1]
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2] and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1][4]
Miao retired in 2014, at age 33. She then became the head coach of Shen Bu team, which would be merged with Bayi Women's Basketball Team.[1]
- ^ a b c d e "苗立杰：中国女篮15年标杆，36岁退役留下无数记录，如今结婚生子_比赛_隋菲菲_WCBA" [Miao Lijie: A benchmark for Chinese women's basketball for 15 years, retired at the age of 36 and left countless records, now married and having children_Game_Sui Feifei_WCBA]. sohu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "200块钱的伙食费都付不起，但如果没有她，中国女篮早就没落了_苗立杰_篮球_教练" [She can't even afford the 200 yuan meal fee, but without her, the Chinese women's basketball team would have fallen long ago]. sohu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Miao Miao". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miao Lijie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.