Sun Fengwu (born 19 March 1962 in
Chuzhou District,
Huai'an
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,
Jiangsu
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) is a
Chinese
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basketball
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coach and former
Olympic
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player who competed in the
1984 Summer Olympics
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, the
1988 Summer Olympics
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, and the
1992 Summer Olympics
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.
After
retired
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as a player in 1992, Sun left
China and went to
Singapore
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, and became the head coach of the
Singapore national basketball team. Later he returned to China and coached the
China women's national basketball team
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Tournament record Olympic Games
*19 ...
in
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, where they finished 6th.
He is now the head coach of the
Chinese Basketball Association
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team
Foshan Dralions.
References
1962 births
Living people
Chinese men's basketball players
1982 FIBA World Championship players
1990 FIBA World Championship players
Olympic basketball players for China
Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball players from Jiangsu
Sportspeople from Huai'an
Asian Games medalists in basketball
Basketball players at the 1982 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Olympic coaches for China
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