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Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball player who became one of the most prominent athletes in the sport. He matters because he significantly raised the profile of basketball in China and served as a major cultural bridge between Chinese and American sports audiences.
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Person · Open Library
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- 2
Top works
- Yao
- Yao : a life in two worlds
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Film & TV
Acting · Shanghai, China
Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Known for
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Thirteen Talks — Self2016
- Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls2015
- Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming2014
- Amazing — Yao Ming2013
- Nash — Self2013
- Where Are We Going, Dad?2013
- Voice2012
- The Magic Aster — 配音2009
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony — Self2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 151
- Total plays
- 704
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
· 2020 · cited 21,594x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,804x
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- China
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 140.6
- Image
- Yao Ming in Beijing in 2016 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 229
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- name in native language
- 姚明
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
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- 196923
- P10632
- Yao Ming
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- Yao Ming
- date of birth
- 1980-09-12
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Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and then spent his entire nine-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Houston Rockets. Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m).
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the CBA, winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. He reached the NBA playoffs four times, and the Rockets won the first-round series in the 2009 postseason, their first playoff series victory since 1997. In July 2011, Yao announced his retirement from professional basketball because of a series of foot and ankle injuries which forced him to miss 250 games in his last six seasons. In eight seasons with the Rockets, Yao ranks sixth among franchise leaders in total points and total rebounds, and second in total blocks.