Li Nan (, born September 25, 1974 in

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) is a former professional

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player from China. Before his retirement in 2009, he played for the

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, a

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team based in

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. As a

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, he is 1.98 m (6'6") tall and weighs 104 kg (230 pounds). Li participated in four Olympics: the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Basketball Tournament, 2000 Sydney Olympics Basketball Tournament, 2004 Athens Olympics Basketball Tournament and 2008 Beijing Olympics Basketball Tournament in

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. At the

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, Li Nan scored 25 points on 6 three-pointers in a win against

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. In April 2017, it was reported that Li was appointed as the head coach of one of the two Chinese national basketball teams formed by the

in preparation for the

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and

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. Li was assigned to coach the China Red team which will participate in competitive play in 2017 while

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will mentor the China Blue team which will compete in 2018.

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* * 1976 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for China Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1998 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2002 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bayi Rockets players Basketball players from Harbin Chinese basketball coaches Chinese men's basketball players Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Olympic basketball players for China 2002 FIBA World Championship players Small forwards {{PRChina-basketball-bio-stub