Lang Ping was born on December 10th, 1960 in Tianjin, China. She showed great interest in volleyball at a young age. Lang Ping started practicing volleyball in April 1973 and trained hard. In 1978, she started to play for the Chinese national team. She won many world competitions, including the World Championship crown in 1982 and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
People in China like to call Lang Ping "Tie Lang Tou". She was so strong and did a very good job in playing volleyball. Nobody could beat her. What's more, no matter what she did, she never gave up.
After retiring (退役) from the national team, Lang Ping moved to the US to study. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese national team. She led the team to win some world competitions. Later, Lang Ping left the national team because of health problems.
Lang Ping has become the coach of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team since 2013. It is not easy for her to make the women volleyball players be trained better than before. However, she never gave up. Finally, all her efforts paid off. On August 21, 2016, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team won the gold medal in the Rio Olympics. The Chinese Women's Team now has three titles (冠军) from the Olympic Games, two from the World Championships and five at World Cup.
Lang Ping is a true hero. She always has a strong will to do everything. We can learn a lot from her.
