Mo Ke (, born September 8, 1982 in

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

) is a

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player who plays

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for the

Bayi Rockets The Bayi Rockets () was a professional basketball team based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, which played in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. On 20 October 2020, Chinese Basketball Association announced that Bayi Rockets h ...

of the

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(CBA). He entered the

2004 NBA draft The 2004 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2004, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and was broadcast live on ESPN at 7:00 pm ( EDT). In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur colle ...

, but went undrafted. No NBA teams showed interest in him since then, and he continued to play for the Bayi Rockets until 2014.

Personal

On September 9, 2009, Mo married basketball player

Wang Fan Wang Fan (228–266), courtesy name Yongyuan, was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Life Wang Fan was from Lujiang Commandery (), which is located ...

(王凡), who played for Bayi China Telecom in the WCBA. On January 24, 2010, Mo's wife collapsed during her team's practice. She was sent to No. 309 Hospital of Beijing for treatment after diagnosis of her condition as a

pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain p ...

. After her collapse, Wang never regained consciousness and she died on February 15, 2010. She was only 24 years old; the couple were married only for five months. Mo married swimmer Zhou Yafei in 2012.Wedding photos of Zhou Yafei and Mo Ke
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1982 births Living people Chinese men's basketball players Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games gold medalists for China Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Basketball players from Changchun Bayi Rockets players Centers (basketball) Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Olympic basketball players for China Manchu sportspeople 2006 FIBA World Championship players {{PRChina-basketball-bio-stub