Liu Yutong (basketball)
| No. 23 – Shanghai Swordfish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WCBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 February 2001 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Tsinghua University High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Beijing Normal University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023-2025 | Shanxi Flame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Beijing Great Wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025-present | Shanghai Swordfish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liu Yutong (Chinese: 刘禹彤) is a Chinese basketball player, playing for the Shanghai Swordfish in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She is a center known for her physical playstyle, and nicknamed Big Baby and Female Shaq.
Early life
She attended Tsinghua University High School, where she was a teammate of Han Xu.[1]
College career
Playing for Beijing Normal University, she led the university to three consecutive national titles, first in 2019 against Peking University, scoring 30 points and 16 rebounds,[2] then in 2020[3] and 2021 against Tsinghua University.[4]
In 2020, she earned the Chinese University Basketball Association's MVP.[5]
Professional career
As a rookie Shanxi Flame player, she became an All-Star in the 2023-2024 WCBA season.[6]
After missing nearly two months of the 2024-2025 season, she was released by the Shanxi Flame and subsequently signed with the Beijing Great Wall.[7]
International career
Yutong represented China at the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship, 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship.[8]
She won the gold medal playing for China at the 2021 and 2025 World University Games.[9]
She played her first game on the senior national team on March 4, 2026 in a 74-69 win against Brazil, scoring 12 points and 5 rebounds.
References
- ^ Futian, Shi (2023-08-07). "'Chinese Shaq' and 'Yao' win cheers". China Daily. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Mu, Xuequan (2019-06-15). "BNU beat PKU to claim women's champion of CUBA". Xinhua Net. Xinhua. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "BNU beat THU to claim women's champion of CUBA". Beijing Normal University. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "BNU women's basketball team won the 23rd CUBA final championship". Beijing Normal University. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "BNU beat THU to claim women's champion of CUBA". Beijing Normal University. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Han Xu dunks, South beats North in WCBA All-Star Game". China.org.cn. ChinaNews. pp. 2024–03–18. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Liu Yutong basketball profile". Asia Basket. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Yutong Liu (China) - Basketball stats, height, age". FIBA. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "'Female Shaq' and China triumph in women's basketball". FISU. 2023-08-06. Retrieved 9 April 2025.