- Zheng Haixia
Zheng Haixia (Simplified Chinese: 郑海霞, Traditional Chinese: 鄭海霞, born
March 7 ,1967 inTuocheng ,Henan Province ) is a Chinese retired professional women'sbasketball player for theChina women's national basketball team and theWomen's National Basketball Association .International career
In 1983, Haixia made her debut at the
Basketball World Championship and finished 3rd. The following year, she and her teammates finished 1st in the Asian Junior Basketball Championship and 3rd in the 23rd Olympic Games.In 1986, she led the Chinese team to fifth in the 10th World Championship, 1st in the
Asian Games , 1st in the World University Games and 2nd in the World Championship.In 1992, she inspired her teammates to win the silver in the Barcelona Olympics. The following year, she won the
East Asian Games , the World University Games and National Games.In 1994, she claimed the titles in the Asian Championship and ranked 2nd in the World Championship, being named MVP of the event by averaging 26.4 points, 13.1 rebounds and shooting 83.5% from the field.
One year later, she and her teammates retained their title in the 16th Asian Championship.
In 1996, she made her fourth Olympic appearance in Atlanta, Georgia, averaging 18.1 points, 9 rebounds. One year later, she won the 8th National Games with the PLA team.
WNBA career
In 1997 she retired from the Chinese national team and went to play with the
Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA in the United States. At the end of 1998, she returned to China and began to coach the PLA women's team. She is currently a coach in China.In 1997 Haixia received the
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award becoming the first Asian women as well as international player to win any award in the WNBA. She led the WNBA in field goal percentage at .618.Personal
She started to practice basketball at the age of 12 and was selected by the
Wuhan Army club team one year later. In 1983, she entered the national team.Vital statistics
*Position: Center
*Height: 6 ft. 8 in
*Shoe size: mens 18 (US) / 54 (EU)
*Team(s):Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA)External links
* [http://www.ChinaCulture.org China Culture]
* [http://www.wnba.com/history/haixia_zheng.html Haixia Zheng in WNBA history]Career Statistics
WNBA Career Totals
WNBA Career Averages
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