Lang Ping

Lang Ping
Lang in 2008
Personal information
NicknameIron Hammer (铁榔头/鐵榔頭)
Born (1960-12-10) 10 December 1960 (age 63)
Tianjin, China
HometownTianjin, China
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
College / UniversityBeijing Normal University
University of New Mexico
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number1
National team
1978–1985, 1990 China
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Peru
Silver medal – second place 1990 China Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Japan
Gold medal – first place 1985 Japan
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Seattle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Team

"Jenny" Lang Ping (Chinese: 郎平; pinyin: Láng Píng; born 10 December 1960) is a Chinese former volleyball player and coach. She is the former head coach of the Chinese women's national volleyball team and U.S. women's national volleyball team. As a player, Lang won the most valuable player award in women's volleyball at the 1984 Olympics.[1]

In 2002, Lang became an inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[2] She coached the U.S. women's national team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in her home country. Lang later coached the gold medal-winning Chinese women's national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to have won Olympic gold both as a player and as a coach.[3][4]

Lang is the main character in the 2020 biographical film Leap,[5] in which she is played by actress Gong Li.[6]

  1. ^ Tabuchi, Hiroko (9 August 2008). "Return of the 'Iron Hammer'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ^ "China's Lang Ping gets U.S. volleyball post". USA Today. 8 February 2005. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Lang Ping becomes first person in volleyball to win Olympic gold as player and coach". FIVB. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ Zuo, Mandy (21 August 2016). "Volleyball visionary: coach Lang Ping worth her weight in gold – and more". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ Davis, Rebecca (25 September 2020). "Gong Li Drama 'Leap' Opens to $8.2 Million in China". Variety. Los Angeles: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ Chan, Peter Ho-Sun (25 September 2020), "Leap", IMDb (Drama, Sport), Gong Li, Bo Huang, Gang Wu, Yuchang Peng, retrieved 11 February 2021