Ye Li (basketball)

Ye Li (zh-stp |s=叶莉 |t=葉莉 |p=yè lì; born November 20 1981 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional basketball player who had played for the China women's national basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [ [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/ye-li-1.html Ye Li] at sports-reference.com]

Ye Li, height|m=1.90 tall, is currently married to height|m=2.29 Yao Ming, a center who currently plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Ye met Yao when she was seventeen. [cite book
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title = Yao: A Life in Two Worlds
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id = ] Ye married Yao on August 6, 2007. [ [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5029484.html Yao Ming to wed longtime girlfriend in Shanghai] ] [ [http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/yao-ming-nuptials-set-for-august-5/20071907-mhi.html Brisbanetimes.com.au, Yao Ming nuptials set for August 5] ]

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