Li Xin (; born 5 November 1969 in

Benxi Benxi ( zh, s=本溪, ) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, southeast of the provincial capital of Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,326,018 (1,709,538 in 2010), of ...

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) is a Chinese

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coach and former international player. She won a silver medal with the Chinese women's national basketball team at the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

.Li Xin at Sports-Reference.com
/ref> In 1998, the newly promoted Beijing Olympians hired Li as their head coach for their debut season in the

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. She thus became the first ever female head coach in the CBA, but she was fired after only five games and replaced by Mike McGee, a former player of the

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, who then became the first ever foreign head coach in the CBA. The Olympians finished fourth and lost in the semi-finals to the

Bayi Rockets The Bayi Rockets ( zh, c=八一双鹿电池火箭 , p=Bāyī Shuānglù Diànchí Huǒjiàn) were a professional basketball team based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, which played in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Roc ...

in the 1998–99 season.

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1969 births Living people Chinese women's basketball players Basketball players from Liaoning People from Benxi Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for China Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for China Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Chinese women's basketball coaches Asian Games bronze medalists in basketball Asian Games basketball players for China Asian Games silver medalists in basketball {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub