Miao Lijie

Medals Women's basketball Representing  China Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team competition 2002 Busan Team competition 2006 Doha Team competition

Miao Lijie (Chinese: 苗立杰; pinyin: Miáo Lìjié, born June 3, 1981, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese basketball player.^[1]

She has been the first player to score 6.000 points in the WCBA, and the only Chinese player able to win both the WCBA and the WNBA title.^[1]

She first played basketball at Hualong, joining the ranks at age 11.^[2] At age 16, Miao was selected to join the Chinese National team, being part of the squad that won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championship.^[2]

In 2005, she joined the Sacramento Monarchs of WNBA but left the team after a short time.^[3] She would get a WCBA title in 2011, playing for Shenyang.^[1]

She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,^[2] and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Miao retired in 2014, at age 33. She then became the head coach of Shen Bu team, which would be merged with Bayi Women’s Basketball Team.^[1]