Mengke Bateer, Chinese Inner Mongolian basketball player

Mönkhbaatar, commonly known by his Chinese name Mengke Bateer, is a Mongolian-Chinese former professional basketball player. As a center, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003; Bateer is one of two players born in China to win an NBA championship, the other being shooting guard/small forward Sun Yue, who won the 2009 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers.