Zou Yuchen
{{short description|Chinese basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Zou Yuchen
邹雨宸
| photo =
| caption =
| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 238
| number = 10
| team = Beijing Royal Fighters
| league = Chinese Basketball Association
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|7|5}}
| birth_place = Anshan, China
| high_school = Shenzhen Middle School
| college = Shenzhen Sports School
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| years1 = 2014–2021
| team1 = Bayi Rockets
| years2 = 2021-present
| team2 = Beijing Royal Fighters
| awards = CBA blocks leader (2017)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|CHN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | FIBA U18 Asian Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Doha | }}
}}
{{family name hatnote|Zou (邹)|lang=Chinese}}
{{Chinese|s=邹雨宸|t=鄒雨宸|p=Zōu Yǔchén}}
Zou Yuchen ({{zh|t=鄒雨宸|s=邹雨宸|p=Zōu Yǔchén}}; born July 5, 1996){{Cite web |url=http://data.star.sports.cn/person.php?id=16904 |title=Chinese Olympic Committee: Particulars of Athlete (Zou Yuchen) |access-date=2016-08-26 |archive-date=2016-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827102152/http://data.star.sports.cn/person.php?id=16904 |url-status=live }} is a Chinese male professional basketball player who currently plays for Beijing Royal Fighters in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Career
Zou Yuchen was born in Anshan, Liaoning to a basketball family. His parents were players from the Bayi Basketball Team, now known as the Bayi Rockets. While he was a child, Zou was bulkier than many of his peers and had the build of a basketball player. His family immigrated from Anshan to Zhuhai during his childhood, but there was not a professional basketball team in those days. Dai Yixin, the president of Shenzhen Sports School who once recruited Yi Jianlian to the school, introduced Zou to Shenzhen Sports School, but Zou's parents refused the offer. Dai requested that the famous basketball coach Ma Yuenan attempt to persuade Zou's parents. Finally, Zou's parents agreed that Zou would go to the sports school. Zou formally started his basketball career in September 2008.translating according to Chinese Version (2016-08-12) of [http://www.laonanren.com/news/2016-08/122920.htm Laonanren.com: 邹雨辰个人资料与家庭背景介绍 (profiles of Zou Yuchen)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816102409/http://www.laonanren.com/news/2016-08/122920.htm |date=2016-08-16 }}
Zou started as a member of the Juvenile Group in Liaoning's basketball team. In 2009, he became a member of Bayi Youth Basketball Team. In March 2016, he was chosen to play in China men's national basketball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
References
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External links
- {{Chinese Olympic Committee profile|16904}}
- {{Olympic Channel|yuchen-zou}}
- {{SR/Olympics|zo/zou-yuchen-1}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zou, Yuchen}}
Category:Chinese men's basketball players
Category:Olympic basketball players for China
Category:Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Anshan