Zheng Haixia

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zheng.

Zheng Haixia

Personal information
Born	(1967-03-07) March 7, 1967 China
Medal record Women's Basketball Representing China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 1984 Los Angeles Team

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

Vital statistics

• Position: Center
• Height: 6 ft. 8 in
• Shoe size: mens 18 (US) / 54 (EU)
• Team(s): Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA)

Career statistics

WNBA Career Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PTM	3PTA	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1997	LA	28	21	557	110	178	39	59	0	0	123	17	11	46	20	259
1998	LA	6	2	98	20	32	5	7	0	0	26	3	0	6	1	45
Totals		34	23	655	130	210	44	66	0	0	149	20	11	52	21	304

WNBA Career Averages

Year	Team	MIN	FG%	FT%	3PT%	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1997	LA	19.9	.618	.661	.000	4.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	0.7	9.3
1998	LA	16.3	.625	.714	.000	4.3	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.2	7.5
Totals		19.3	.619	.667	.000	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	0.6	8.9

External links

• China Culture
• Haixia Zheng in WNBA history