Yang Liwei (basketball) explained

Yang Liwei
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:137
Position:Point guard
Birth Date:1995 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Kunming, Yunnan, China
League:WNBA
Team:Los Angeles Sparks
Number:37
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2017
Career Start:2012
Years1:2012–2023
Team1:Inner Mongolia women's basketball team
Years2:–present
Team2:Los Angeles Sparks

Yang Liwei (Simplified 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.[1] [2]

In February 2023, she joined Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[3] However, she was waived from the team in May 2023, after playing two matches.[4] [5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBA profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095518/http://www.fiba.basketball/world/women/2014/player/Liwei-Yang. live. November 1, 2018. fiba.com. 27 September 2014.
  2. https://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/202161 Eurobasket.com profile
  3. Web site: 2023-02-19 . Sparks sign veteran guard Yang Liwei from China . 2023-06-19 . .
  4. Web site: Sparks Waive Yang Liwei . 2023-06-19 . Los Angeles Sparks . en.
  5. Web site: 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 . 2023-06-19 . www.sohu.com.
  6. Web site: 2023-07-02 . China ends Japan's run to win women's Asia Cup . 2023-10-08 . ESPN.com . en.
  7. Web site: Race . Retta . 2023-09-23 . 2023 Asian Games: Opening Ceremony In Progress With Qin Haiyang As China's Flag Bearer . 2023-10-02 . SwimSwam . en-US.
  8. Web site: Women's Asia Cup champs China defeat Japan in another instant classic for Asian Games gold . 2023-10-08 . FIBA.basketball . en.