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Zheng Haixia (simplified Chinese: 郑海霞; traditional Chinese: 鄭海霞; pinyin: Zhèng Hǎixiá; born March 7, 1967) is a Chinese retired professional women's basketball player for the China women's national basketball team and the Women's National Basketball Association.

Zheng Haixia

Personal information
Born	(1967-03-07) March 7, 1967 (age 55) Shangqiu, Henan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
WNBA draft	1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career	1983–1998
Position	Center
Career history
1997–1998	Los Angeles Sparks
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals Women's basketball Representing  China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team competition 1984 Los Angeles Team competition FIBA World Championship 1994 Australia Team competition 1983 Brazil Team competition Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team competition 1990 Beijing Team competition 1994 Hiroshima Team competition

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, 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.[1]

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.[2] 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 woman as well as international player to win any award in the WNBA. She led the WNBA in field goal percentage at .618.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high	°	League leader

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1997	Los Angeles	28	21	19.9	.618	—	.661	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.6	9.3
1998	Los Angeles	6	2	16.3	.625	—	.714	4.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	1.0	7.5
Career	2 years, 1 team	34	23	19.3	.619	—	.667	4.4	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.5	8.9

Personal life

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. She married Xu Qinghua in Beijing on June 19, 2010.[3][4]

References

External links

• Haixia Zheng in WNBA history
• 2001 archived WNBA bio

На других языках

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- [en] Zheng Haixia

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[it] Zheng Haixia

Zheng Haixia[1] (鄭海霞T, 郑海霞S, Zhèng HǎixiáP; Zhecheng, 7 marzo 1967) è un'ex cestista cinese, professionista nella WNBA.

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[ru] Чжэн Хайся

Чжэн Хайся́ (кит. упр. 郑海霞, пиньинь Zhèng Hǎixiá, родилась 7 марта 1967 года) — китайская баскетболистка, известная по играм за женскую сборную Китая и команду WNBA «Лос-Анджелес Спаркс».

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