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{{short description|Chinese basketball player}}
{{family name hatnote|Miao|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name           = Miao Lijie
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth-date and age|June 3, 1981}}
| birth_place    = [[Harbin]], [[Heilongjiang]]
| height         = 178 cm
| weight         = 75 kg
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CHN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Basketball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games – Women|Team competition]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Basketball at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Basketball at the 2002 Asian Games – Women|Team competition]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games – Women|Team competition]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Basketball at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Basketball at the 2010 Asian Games – Women|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Miao Lijie''' ({{lang-zh|s=苗立杰|p=Miáo Lìjié}}, born June 3, 1981, in [[Harbin]], [[Heilongjiang]]) is a female [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[basketball]] player.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=苗立杰：中国女篮15年标杆，36岁退役留下无数记录，如今结婚生子_比赛_隋菲菲_WCBA |trans-title=Miao Lijie: A benchmark for Chinese women's basketball for 15 years, retired at the age of 36 and left countless records, now married and having children_Game_Sui Feifei_WCBA |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/574801819_120702061 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |website=sohu.com |language=zh}}{{dead link|date=August 2024}}</ref>

She has been the first player to score 6.000 points in the [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|WCBA]], and the only Chinese player able to win both the [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|WCBA]] and the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] title.<ref name=":0" />

She first played basketball at [[Heilongjiang Dragons|Hualong]], joining the ranks at age 11.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=200块钱的伙食费都付不起，但如果没有她，中国女篮早就没落了_苗立杰_篮球_教练 |trans-title=She can't even afford the 200 yuan meal fee, but without her, the Chinese women's basketball team would have fallen long ago |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/613200459_121184013 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |website=sohu.com |language=zh}}{{dead link|date=August 2024}}</ref> At age 16, Miao was selected to join the [[China women's national basketball team|Chinese National team]], being part of the squad that won the gold medal at the [[2001 ABC Championship for Women|2001 Asian Championship]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2005, she joined the [[Sacramento Monarchs]] of [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] but left the team after a short time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/m/miaomi01w.html |title=Miao Miao |website=Basketball-Reference.com |accessdate=March 17, 2018}}</ref> She would get a WCBA title in 2011, playing for [[Shenyang Army Golden Lions|Shenyang]].<ref name=":0" />

She competed at the [[China at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, the [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing,<ref name=":1" /> and the [[China at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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]].<ref name=":0" />

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics<ref>{{cite web |title=Miao Lijie WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/m/miaomi01w.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=}}</ref>}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{wnbay|2005}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 Sacramento Monarchs season|Sacramento]]
|18||0||7.5||.300||.300||1.000||0.2||0.7||0.3||0.1||0.8||1.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style='text-align:left;'| '''Career'''
| style='text-align:left;'| 1 year, 1 team
|18||0||7.5||.300||.300||1.000||0.2||0.7||0.3||0.1||0.8||1.7
{{S-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Basketball stats}}
* {{Basketball-Reference.com international player}}
* {{FIBA profile|new_id=127256|old_id=27901}}
* {{Eurobasket.com player}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|lijie-miao}}
* {{Chinese Olympic Committee|845|Miao Lijie|en_archive=20191014235647}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227050907/http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/845 |date=February 27, 2012 |title=Miao Lijie - 2008 Team China}}

{{Shenyang Army Golden Lions 2010–11 Champions}}

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[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in basketball]]

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