Sun Mingming

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::summary Chinese former basketball player and actor ::

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Field	Value
name	Sun Mingming
image	Sun Ming Ming.jpg
caption	Sun in 2006
height	2.36 m
weight	168 kg
position	Center
birth_date
birth_place	Bayan County, China
college	Ventura College (2005–2006)
draft_year	2005
career_start	2006
career_end	2012
team1	Dodge City Legend
years1	2006
team2	Maryland Nighthawks
years2	2007
team3	Grand Rapids Flight
years3	2007
team4	Fuerza Regia
years4	2007
team5	Grand Rapids Flight
years5	2008
team6	Hamamatsu Phoenix
years6	2008–2009
team7	Beijing Ducks
years7	2009–2012
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| name = Sun Mingming | image = Sun Ming Ming.jpg | caption = Sun in 2006 | team = | number = | league = | height = 2.36 m | weight = 168 kg | position = Center | birth_date = | birth_place = Bayan County, China | college = Ventura College (2005–2006) | draft_year = 2005 | career_start = 2006 | career_end = 2012 | team1 = Dodge City Legend | years1 = 2006 | team2 = Maryland Nighthawks | years2 = 2007 | team3 = Grand Rapids Flight | years3 = 2007 | team4 = Fuerza Regia | years4 = 2007 | team5 = Grand Rapids Flight | years5 = 2008 | team6 = Hamamatsu Phoenix | years6 = 2008–2009 | team7 = Beijing Ducks | years7 = 2009–2012 | highlights =

Sun Mingming (, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He was the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36 m tall and weighing 168 kg.

Early life

He was born in a small town near Bayan County, Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, China. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. He did not begin playing basketball until he was 15 years old.

College career

Sun attended and played basketball at Ventura College, a community college in Ventura, CA. He played basketball there for only the 2005–2006 season, before moving on to play professional basketball.

Basketball career

United States

Sun played with several American minor league teams, including the USBL team Dodge City Legend, the ABA team Maryland Nighthawks, and the IBL team Grand Rapids Flight. He was also drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters in 2007, being the tallest player in their history to be drafted by them, although he would never play for them.

Mexico and Japan

Later, Sun played in the Mexican league with Fuerza Regia and in Japan's bj league with Hamamatsu Phoenix.

Return to China

In 2009, he returned to China to play for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Personal life

In the summer of 2005, Sun discovered that he had a benign tumor attached to his pituitary gland. Because he had neither health insurance nor enough money to pay for the more than $100,000 in medical bills, his sports agent, Charles Bonsignore of Passing Lane Sports, started a fundraiser to raise the necessary money. The tumor was successfully removed on September 26, 2005.

On 4 August 2013, he married Xu Yan, who is 6 ft tall. They are recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest living married couple with their combined height of 13 ft.

Filmography

Film

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Year	English title	Original title	Role
2007	Rush Hour 3		Kung-Fu Giant
2016	Funny Soccer	笑林足球	Dragon
2017	The Thousand Faces of Dunjia	奇門遁甲	Goldfinger
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TV series

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2016	Singing All Along	秀麗江山之長歌行	Giant
Candle in the Tomb	鬼吹灯之精绝古城	Honghou
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References

References

1. "Sun Ming Ming, 7'9" pro basketball player".
2. "Official website".
3. Sierra, Jorge. (January 15, 2006). "Sun Ming Ming: 'The NBA is a realistic goal'". [[The Times.
4. Romine, Rich. (June 28, 2007). "Sun makes basketball camp exciting at Ventura College". [[Ventura County Star]].
5. Kinder, Joshua. "Legend Signs World's Seventh Tallest Man".
6. (January 31, 2007). "Maryland Nighthawks officially sign 7'8" Sun Ming Ming".
7. (21 June 2007). "Chinese giant Sun Ming Ming set to play in Mexico". AFP.
8. (November 28, 2006). "Surgery May Help Giant Achieve NBA Dreams". ABC.
9. "Fundraiser Launched To Get Life-Saving Surgery For Basketball Player Sun Ming Ming".
10. "Record holder profile: Meet Sun Mingming and Xu Yan – the world's tallest married couple". Guinness World Records, London, UK.

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