| Lang Ping | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lang in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Iron Hammer (铁榔头/鐵榔頭) | ||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||
| Born | 10 December 1960 Tianjin, China | ||
| Hometown | Tianjin, China | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
| College / University | Beijing Normal University University of New Mexico | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Outside hitter | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| National team | |||
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"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]
- ^ Tabuchi, Hiroko (9 August 2008). "Return of the "Iron Hammer"". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ "China's Lang Ping gets U.S. volleyball post". USA Today. 8 February 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ "Lang Ping becomes first person in volleyball to win Olympic gold as player and coach". FIVB. 21 August 2016.
- ^ Zuo, Mandy. "Volleyball visionary: coach Lang Ping worth her weight in gold – and more". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (26 September 2020). "Gong Li Drama 'Leap' Opens to $8.2 Million in China". Variety. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Chan, Peter Ho-Sun (25 September 2020), Duo guan (Drama, Sport), Gong Li, Bo Huang, Gang Wu, Yuchang Peng, retrieved 11 February 2021