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Chinese basketball player (born 1981) Not to be confused with Li Ye. In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.
Ye Li
叶莉
Born (1981-11-20) November 20, 1981 (age 43)
Shanghai, China
OccupationBasketball player
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Spouse Yao Ming ​(m. 2007)​
Children1

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 Shanghai Octopus of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association and the China women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also won a gold medal as part of the Chinese women's basketball team at the 2003 Summer Universiade.

Born in Shanghai, Ye Li attended the University of Houston, where she met Chinese basketball player Yao Ming at the age of seventeen in 1998. They married on August 6, 2007. Ye gave birth to their daughter Yao Qinlei (whose English name is Amy) in Houston, Texas on May 21, 2010.

References

  1. "Ye Li Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  2. Estudillo, Itiel (2022-12-08). "Who is Yao Ming's wife Ye Li? Taking a closer look at personal and professional life of Ye Li". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. Bucher, Ric; Yao, Ming (2004). Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Miramax Books. p. 237.
  4. Zheng, Zen T.C.; Guy Jr, Andrew (2007-08-07). "Yao and Ye's wedding unites East and West". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  5. "Yao 'very excited' about arrival of new baby". ESPN.com. 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
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