Who Is Yao Qinlei, Yao Ming’s Daughter?

Yao Qinlei is best known as the daughter of Yao Ming, who is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Moreover, 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 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in). Continue reading about, Who Is Yao Ming’s Daughter, Yao Qinlei?

Yao Ming’s Daughter, Yao Qinlei

Yao Qinlei was born in in Houston, Texas whose English name is Amy. Other than this, her father Yao met Chinese female basketball player Ye Li when he was 17 years old. Ye was not fond of Yao at first, but finally accepted him after he gave her the team pins he had collected during the 2000 Summer Olympics.

She is the only woman he has ever dated. Their relationship became public when they appeared together during the 2004 Olympics closing ceremony. On August 6, 2007, Yao and Ye married in a ceremony attended by close friends and family and closed to the media.

Yao Qinlei Height & Weight

How tall is Yao Qinlei? As we know, Yao Ming’s stands at a height of 7 feet 5 Inches tall or 2.29 m. Moreover, his daughter Yao Qinlei’s stands at a height of 4 feet tall. She weighs around 27 Kg. She has dark brown eyes and has brown hair.

Yao Qinlei Age

How old is Yao Qinlei? She was born in 2010. She is 11 years old, as of 2022. She holds American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.

Meet Yao Qinlei’s Parents

Yao is the only child of 6-foot-7-inch (2.01 m) Yao Zhiyuan and 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) Fang Fengdi, both of whom were former professional basketball players. Yao weighed more than twice as much as the typical Chinese newborn at 11 pounds (5 kg).

Yao began playing basketball and went to a junior sports school when he was nine years old. The following year, when Yao was 10 years old, his height was measured at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) and he was evaluated by sports doctors who predicted that he would reach 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) during his growth spurt in two years’ time.