Zheng Haixia

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Basketball player
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Haixia
Information about the player
birthday March 7, 1967
place of birth Shangqiu , Henan , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
size 203 cm
position center
WNBA Draft Elite Draft 1997 , 16th pick,
Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA clubs as active
1997-1998 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Sparks
1 As of June 28, 2012

Zheng Haixia ( Chinese  郑海霞 , Pinyin Zhèng Hǎixiá ; born March 7, 1967 in Shangqiu , Henan , China ) is a former Chinese basketball player who worked for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 1998 of the center played. In her two seasons WNBA career, she was honored as the fairest player with the WNBA Sportsmanship Award . At the international level, she won the silver medal with the Chinese national team at the 1994 Basketball World Cup and the 1992 Summer Olympics .

Career

Professional basketball

Los Angeles Sparks (1997 to 1998)

Zheng Haixia was selected in the second round at a total of 16th position by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 1997 Elite Draft . She played her first game in the Women's National Basketball Association on June 21, 1997 against the New York Liberty , in which she also scored her first points. The Chinese completed 28 games in the 1997 season - 21 of them in the starting lineup - for the Sparks, averaging 9.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Because of her fair play, she was honored with the WNBA Sportsmanship Award at the end of the season . In addition, she was named Bud Light Shooting Champion of the Western Conference due to the best field throw rate (61.8%) of all Western Conference players .

After another season with the Los Angeles Sparks, she ended her WNBA career and returned to Beijing , China .

National team (1983 to 1998)

Zheng Haixia represented her home country China at a total of four Summer Olympics and several other international competitions. Her first appearance for the Chinese national team was the 1983 World Basketball Championship in Brazil , where the Chinese won the bronze medal. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , the Chinese won the bronze medal. In 1992 she won the silver medal with the Chinese national team at the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona . Two years later she was named the most valuable player of the tournament at the 1994 Basketball World Cup , where she again won the silver medal. The 1998 World Basketball Championship was the last international competition in which she participated.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1997 Los Angeles Sparks WNBA 28 21st 19.9 61.8 0.0 66.1 4.4 0.6 9.3 - - - - - - - - -
1998 Los Angeles Sparks WNBA 6th 2 16.3 62.5 0.0 71.4 4.3 0.5 7.5 - - - - - - - - -
WNBA total 34 23 19.3 61.9 0.0 66.7 4.4 0.6 8.9 - - - - - - - - -

Legend for player statistics:
(GP = total games; GS = games in the starting line-up; MPG = minutes played per game; FG% = throw rate from the field; 3P% = throw rate from the 3-point range; FT% = free throw rate; OFF = offensive Rebounds per game; DEF = defensive rebounds per game; RPG = rebounds per game; APG = assists scored per game; BPG = blocks scored per game; PPG = points scored per game)


Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Profile on WNBA.com. WNBA, accessed June 28, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Ex-Huskies Take Shot With Abl - Thirdgill And Davis Work To Join Blizzard. The Seattle Times, September 21, 1997, accessed June 28, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Tang Yue: Star player still standing tall. China Daily, February 4, 2010, accessed June 28, 2012 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zheng is the family name here, Haixia is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zheng, Haixia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 郑海霞 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Shangqiu , Henan