Wei has basketball in her blood. She was born in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province to a father who stood 196cm and used to play center for the local police team and a 182cm-tall mother, who was once a top player for the Shanxi team. The first gift she ever received from her parents, in fact, was a basketball.
"I've loved basketball ever since I was a child, and I have a lot of basketballs at home," Wei said.
"Although my parents are basketball players, they didn't teach me to play basketball on purpose," she said. "I just played it with my classmates in primary school. Only until they realized that I had a deep love for the sport did they begin to teach me."
When Wei was in fourth grade she was already 185cm tall. A coach from Guangzhou Weilun Sports School noticed her and brought her to the school to receive systematic training.
As tall as she is, Wei weighs only 90kg and is not very muscular. Her frail body and inexperience led to a number of demotions from the national team, forcing her to miss competitions like the Doha Asian Games in 2006.
But her coaches still have faith that she could become something special. Guangzhou's coach, Zheng Wei, admitted that she is still young and growing. The coach said the team has given her a special training program and believes she'll be able to bulk up in no time.
Despite her limited time on the floor at the City Games, Wei's coach said she performed well.
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