Zhou Qi

At 218 cm, Zhou Qi is easy to reduce to his height, but what earns my respect is his longevity as a fixture of China's national team since 2014, with gold at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship and the 2018 Asian Games. Plenty of tall players come and go; staying trusted at the top level for years takes genuine skill and discipline, not just reach. I find him a compelling symbol of Chinese basketball's ambitions, a towering anchor whose value is measured in consistency rather than spectacle. There is something quietly admirable about a giant who keeps proving he belongs.

Name (English)

Zhou Qi

Name (Japanese)

周琦

Reading

しゅう ぎ

Born

January 16, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Xinxiang, People's Republic of China

Height

218 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Qi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%A8%E7%90%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9089681

Tags

• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-24

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