Miao Lijie

Miao Lijie (, born June 3, 1981, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese basketball player.

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.

She first played basketball at Hualong, joining the ranks at age 11. 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.

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

She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.