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Mengke Bateer

1975 - Today

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Mönkhbaatar, commonly known by his Chinese name Mengke Bateer (simplified Chinese: 孟克巴特尔; traditional Chinese: 孟克巴特爾; pinyin: Mèngkè Bātè'ěr, pronounced [mə̂ŋkʰɤ̂ pátʰɤ̂àɚ]; born November 20, 1975), is a Mongolian-Chinese former professional basketball player. As a center, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003; Bateer is one of two players born in China to win an NBA championship, the other being shooting guard/small forward Sun Yue, who won the 2009 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bateer spent the majority of his career competing in the Chinese Basketball Association for the Beijing Ducks and Xinjiang Flying Tigers before ending his career with the Sichuan Blue Whales in the lesser National Basketball League. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mengke Bateer is the 727th most popular basketball player (down from 643rd in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from China (down from 1,196th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Mengke Bateer ranks 727 out of 1,757Before him are Maciej Lampe, Mike Budenholzer, Steve Smith, Yuta Tabuse, Kenneth Faried, and Axel Hervelle. After him are Walter Berry, Marcus Brown, Bryant Dunston, Nemanja Nedović, Lorenzo Brown, and Kyle Hines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Mengke Bateer ranks 698Before him are Mia Love, Clarence Acuña, Fábio Luciano, Robert Lopez, Zoltán Sebescen, and Andrés Fleurquin. After him are Spasoje Bulajič, Jordi Cuixart, Sergiy Matveyev, Eka Kurniawan, Pretinha, and Luigi Sartor.

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In China

Among people born in China, Mengke Bateer ranks 1,236 out of 1,610Before him are Li Yanfeng (1979), G.E.M. (1991), Pang Qing (1979), Zheng Haixia (1967), Xuecheng (1966), and Zhang Xin (1965). After him are Liu Dong (1973), Li Xiaopeng (1981), Zhou Mi (1986), Emilia Schüle (1992), Gao Feng (1982), and Qin Kanying (1974).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In China

Among basketball players born in China, Mengke Bateer ranks 5Before him are Yao Ming (1980), Yi Jianlian (1987), Wang Zhizhi (1977), and Zheng Haixia (1967). After him are Sun Yue (1985), Zhou Qi (1996), Zhang Zhiting (1995), Hu Jinqiu (1997), Sun Mengran (1992), Shao Ting (1989), and Li Yueru (1999).