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Chinese basketball player
Yang Liwei
No. 37 – Los Angeles Sparks
PositionPoint guard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29)
Kunming, Yunnan, China
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight137 lb (62 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2023Inner Mongolia women's basketball team
2023–presentLos Angeles Sparks
Medals
Representing  China
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Australia
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Australia
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wuhan
Silver medal – second place 2021 Jordan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Liwei (Chinese: 杨力维; pinyin: Yáng Lìwéi, born 2 January 1995) is a Chinese basketball player for Inner Mongolia women's basketball team and the Chinese national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.

In February 2023, she joined Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). However, she was waived from the team in May 2023, after playing two matches. In July 2023, she played for China in the women's Asia Cup basketball championship, and won the Asia cup title, after she and her teammates beat Japan in the final, with a score of 73-71. In September 2023, she along with Qin Haiyang, were chosen as the flag bearers representing China in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. She later competed for China in the women's 5-on-5 basketball tournament, and on 5 October 2023, her team won the gold after beating Japan in the final with a score of 74–72.

References

  1. "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. Eurobasket.com profile
  3. "Sparks sign veteran guard Yang Liwei from China". Los Angeles Times. 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  4. "Sparks Waive Yang Liwei". Los Angeles Sparks. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  5. "中国女子篮球队队长被开除了！国际篮联与WNBA硬碰硬，杨力维吃大亏_奥运会_梦想_亚洲". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  6. "China ends Japan's run to win women's Asia Cup". ESPN.com. 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  7. Race, Retta (2023-09-23). "2023 Asian Games: Opening Ceremony In Progress With Qin Haiyang As China's Flag Bearer". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  8. "Women's Asia Cup champs China defeat Japan in another instant classic for Asian Games gold". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

External links

China squads
China women's basketball squad – 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup – Silver Medal
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