Lang Ping , Chinese women's volleyball former head coach, and was also an excellent player of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
1960, Lang Ping was born in an ordinary family. Under the influence of her father, she has been fascinated by volleyball since she was a child. In 1973, 13-year-old Lang Ping entered the volleyball class of the Youth Sports School of the Beijing Workers' Stadium. In 1978, he was officially selected for the national team and became a capable player of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the 1980s, the Chinese women's volleyball team created a brilliant "five consecutive championships" in the international volleyball competition, and Lang Ping participated in four of the competitions as the main player. On the field, she has outstanding skills and tenacious style, and is known as " Iron Hammer ".
In 1986, Lang Ping officially retired. At this time, the glorious years of the Chinese women's volleyball team on the international peak are over, and Lang Ping himself has also come to a crucial turning point in his life.
Lang Ping once said: "I can't lie in the championship trophy and eat my old capital for the rest of my life. I have to learn my skills again and start my life again. I must regard myself as having nothing. The road ahead is zero. Everything starts from scratch and opens up a new path step by step." After careful consideration, she gave up the opportunity to enter the agency and made an unexpected decision - to study abroad at your own expense and study for a master's degree in sports management.
1995, Lang Ping's career and life abroad gradually stabilized, and the Chinese women's volleyball team, who was in a low period, sent her an "emergency order". The saying "The motherland needs you" will make you return to the country to coach without hesitation. Under her leadership, the Chinese women's volleyball team's form quickly rebounded, winning the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics and the Asian Championships in 1997. In 1999, due to health reasons, Lang Ping resigned from the position of head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team and went abroad to live and recuperate again.
In 2013, Lang Ping was appointed again in danger and returned to China to serve as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Without bold words, only sleeping on firewood and tasting courage, Lang Ping led the girls of women's volleyball team to start hard and hard training. At the 2016 Rio Olympics , the Chinese women's volleyball team won the championship again after 12 years, continuing the legend of the 1980s.
As a volleyball player, Lang Ping has achieved success in her athletic career and achieved brilliant results; as a volleyball coach, Lang Ping has also achieved success in her coaching career, leading the national women's volleyball team to win the championship many times. Lang Ping knew very well that all the honors she had were brought by volleyball and the arena, and she believed that the value and fun of her life were in volleyball. Even after retirement, Lang Ping still plays his remaining energy to promote the spirit of women's volleyball and promote the development of youth volleyball.
