Sun Mingming
Sun Mingming was born in Bayan County, Heilongjiang, China on August 23rd, 1983 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 40, Sun Mingming biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 40 years old, Sun Mingming has this physical status:
Sun Mingming (born August 23, 1983) is a former Chinese professional basketball player and actor.
He is the world's tallest professional basketball player, and Guinness World Records has him at 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall.
Early life
He was born in a small town near Bayan County, Harbin, China, in Heilongjiang Province. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. He didn't play basketball until he was 15 years old.
Personal life
Sun discovered a benign tumor attached to his pituitary gland in the summer of 2005. Since he had no health insurance or enough funds to pay for the more than $100,000 in medical bills, his sports agent, Avery Loi, launched a fundraiser to gather the required funds. On September 26, 2005, the tumor was successfully treated.
He married Xu Yan on August 4, 2013. They are listed as the best living couple in the world by Guinness World Records at 10.72 inches (423.47 cm).
College career
Sun attended and played basketball at Ventura College, a community college in Ventura, CA. He played basketball for a short time from 2005–2006 before moving on to play professional basketball.
Basketball career
Sun was a member of several American minor league clubs, including the USBL team Dodge City Legend, the ABA team Maryland Nighthawks, and the IBL team Grand Rapids Flight. He was also drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters in 2007, becoming the first player to be drafted by them in their history, but he would never play for them.
Sun participated in the Mexican league with Fuerza Regia and in Japan's bj league with Hamamatsu Phoenix later this year.
In 2009, he returned to China to play for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Sun and the Ducks advanced to the 2012 CBA Finals, but the Ducks lost in the finals that year. He was a member of the Ducks' 2014 CBA Finals and 2015 CBA Finals championship winning teams.