Lang Ping
"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.
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2002, Lang became an inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. 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.
Lang is the main character in the 2020 biographical film Leap, in which she is played by actress Gong Li.