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My Take
Lang Ping is, to me, one of the most remarkable figures in all of sport. As a player she was the spike that powered China to volleyball dominance in the 1980s, winning MVP at the 1984 Olympics. Then she did the almost unthinkable: she coached the United States women's team and later led China to gold again, a feat of switching national allegiances that takes extraordinary skill and nerve. The fact that both her playing and coaching careers reached the very top is rare in any discipline. I see her as proof that genius for a game can transcend borders, and I find that deeply inspiring.
Overview
"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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lang Ping
- Name (Japanese)
- 郎平
- Reading
- ろう・へい
- Born
- December 10, 1960 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
- Origin
- Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- volleyball player / beach volleyball player / volleyball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Beijing Chenjinglun High School
- University
- University of New Mexico
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Pioneer of Reform
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://langping.sports.cn/l
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%8E%E5%B9%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.