Yang Liwei (basketball)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Liwei (Chinese: 杨力维; pinyin: Yáng Lìwéi, born 2 January 1995) is a Chinese basketball player for Inner Mongolia women's basketball team and the Chinese national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.^[1][2]

Yang Liwei

No. 37 – Los Angeles Sparks
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 30) Kunming, Yunnan, China
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	137 lb (62 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft	2017: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2023	Inner Mongolia
2023–present	Los Angeles Sparks
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing  China World Cup 2022 Australia Asia Cup 2023 Australia 2015 China 2021 Jordan 2025 China Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2018 Jakarta Team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin

In February 2023, she joined Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[3] However, she was waived from the team in May 2023, after playing two matches.^[4][5] In July 2023, she played for China in the women's Asia Cup basketball championship, and won the Asia cup title, after she and her teammates beat Japan in the final, with a score of 73-71.^[6] In September 2023, she along with Qin Haiyang, were chosen as the flag bearers representing China in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.^[7] She later competed for China in the women's 5-on-5 basketball tournament, and on 5 October 2023, her team won the gold after beating Japan in the final with a score of 74–72.^[8]