Zheng Wei (basketball)

Zheng Wei (Chinese: 郑薇; pinyin: Zhèng Wēi, born 4 September 1963) is a Chinese basketball coach and former player. She is the current head coach of the Chinese national team. She won the silver medal at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup as both player and coach.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Wei
Personal information
Born (1963-09-27) 27 September 1963
Wuhan, Hubei, China
NationalityChinese
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
Playing career1979–1998
PositionGuard
Career history
As player:
1979–1985Wuhan Military
1985–1998Bayi
As coach:
1999–2008Guangdong Kapok
2008–2020Guangdong Dolphins (assistant)
2009–2021China (assistant)
2020–Inner Mongolia Rural Credit Union
2022–China
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  China
FIBA World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1994 Australia Team competition
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Team competition
Head coach for  China
FIBA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Australia Team competition

Player career

Zheng spent her player career with PLA-affliliated teams. She started her career in 1979, playing for Wuhan Military team. In 1985 when the team were disbanded, she joined Bayi.[2]

She represented China in the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women, and won a silver medal.

She decided to retire in 1998 due to injuries.

Coach career

After her retirement, Zheng entered Guangdong Kapok. She became head coach of the team in 1999.[3] After professionalization, she and the team acquired WCBA's runner-up in 2003.[4]

In 2008, she stepped down and served as the assistant coach of the team until 2020.

In 2020, she moved north to join the Inner Mongolia Rural Credit Union team as part of a quite controversial project to support the newly established team.[5] She won the WCBA title twice with the team.[6][7]

National team career

Since 2009,[8] she worked as assistant coach for Chinese national team. With the team, she won gold medal at the 2009 East Asian Games, and the 2018 Asian Games.

In 2022, following Xu Limin's resignation, Zheng became the head coach of the national team.[9] She was able to make historical breakthrough by winning the silver medal again at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[10]

References
  1. "World Cup 2022 All-Second Team, Best coach and Best Defensive Player Awards known". FIBA. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. "传奇！郑薇分别以球员教练身份获得世界杯亚军". sina.com.cn. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. "全国女篮甲级联赛广东骏达木棉花篮球队简介_篮球-CBA_竞技风暴_新浪网". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  4. "2002-2006年中国WCBA篮球甲级联赛最终排名". jx918.net. Archived from the original on 17 Apr 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. "WCBA史上最重磅转会，送出3国手+教练，广东女篮下赛季不打了？". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  6. "2020-2021赛季WCBA联赛圆满落幕，内蒙古农信夺得队史首个总冠军！". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  7. "双冠王！内蒙古农信女篮卫冕2021-2022赛季WCBA总决赛冠军". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  8. "新届中国女篮全名单出炉". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  9. "中国女篮公布世界杯参赛名单". Chinese Basketball Association. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  10. "USA sink China for 11th title: World Champions!". FIBA. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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