Miao Lijie

Miao Lijie (, born June 3, 1981, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese basketball player.

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.

She first played basketball at Hualong, joining the ranks at age 11. 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.

In 2005, she joined the Sacramento Monarchs of WNBA but left the team after a short time. She would get a WCBA title in 2011, playing for Shenyang.

She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.

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Miao Lijie

1981 births

Living people

Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic basketball players for China

Basketball players from Harbin

Chinese women's basketball players

Asian Games medalists in basketball

Basketball players at the 1998 Asian Games

Basketball players at the 2002 Asian Games

Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games

Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games

Sacramento Monarchs players

Asian Games gold medalists for China

Asian Games silver medalists for China

Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games

Shenyang Army Golden Lions players

Heilongjiang Dragons players

Chinese women's basketball coaches