Yao Ming

Celebrity

  • Birth Place: Shanghai, China
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/12/1980, Virgo
  • Profession: Professional basketball player
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Yao Ming Fast Facts:
  • Parents are both former professional basketball players who played for China's National team.
  • Surname is Yao and given name is Ming.
  • More interested in books and history than sports as a child.
  • Began intensive state-sponsored basketball training at age 9 when Chinese sports officials took note of his height and asserted a boy his size belonged to China, not just his family.
  • Joined the Chinese National team at 18 and participated in the 2000 Olympic games.
  • Played for the Chinese Basketball Association's Shanghai Sharks and won a CBA title in 2002.
  • Overall first pick in the 2002 NBA draft and started as a rookie in the All-Star game.
  • At 7-foot-6, is one of the tallest players in NBA history.
  • Starred in the 2004 movie The Year of the Yao, which chronicled his rookie NBA season.
  • Retired from the NBA in 2011, due to injuries.
  • For NBA career he averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks-per-game; was selected to the NBA All-Star game eight times.
  • Active in charity work, including his efforts for his Yao Ming Foundation, which assists in education in the U.S. and China, and which provided earthquake relief in 2008 in China.
  • Yao Ming Relationships:
  • Yao Zhi Yuan - Father
  • Ye Li - Wife
  • Fang Feng Di - Mother
  • Amy - Daughter
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