James Yap (Chinese: 葉克強; (26 September 1933 – 2003)[1] was a Chinese Filipino[2] basketball player who competed as part of the Republic of China's squad at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3] He graduated from Chiang Kai-shek College.[4] He was born in 1933 on Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, China and moved to the Philippines at the age of 5.
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 26 September 1933 |
| Died | 2003 (aged 69–70) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
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| Traditional Chinese | 葉克強 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶克强 | ||||||||
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In 1954, he attended the FIBA World Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro and the Asian Games in Manila as a member of the Republic of China team. In 1956, he was a member of the ROC team to the Olympics in Melbourne and once again in Rome in 1960. He died in 2003.
References
edit- ↑ "James Yap". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ↑ (in Chinese) 從首屆遠運到十七屆羅馬奧運的的國家籃球代表隊 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "James Yap Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ (in Chinese)
External links
edit- James Yap at FIBA.basketball
- James Yap at FIBA.basketball
- James Yap at FIBA.basketball
- James Yap at FIBA.com (archived)
- James Yap at FIBA.com (archived)
- James Yap at Proballers
- James Yap – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- James Yap at Olympedia
- James Yap at InterSportStats
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