Lang Ping was born in the cold winter. Due to many factors such as natural disasters, the economic conditions of "everyone" and "small family" are very poor. Lang Ping was weak when she was a child, and her mother often used millet porridge to supplement her nutritional needs, without giving her special treatment. For this period of life, her mother said frankly: "Life was like that at that time, and there was nothing to be surprised about." Mother's thought of treating hard life with a peaceful mind has a far-reaching influence on Lang Ping's future growth. At the age of seven, Lang Ping entered the threshold of primary school. At Dongguang Road Primary School in Chaoyang District, Beijing, she began her childhood study career. Lang Ping's character has both the boldness of his father who grew up in the north and the gentleness and delicacy of his mother from the south. This good personality makes her brave and tenacious like a boy when she is moving, and quieter than ordinary girls when she is quiet. Once, several boys wanted to compete with her to climb a tree to see who could climb high. The other girls were shocked, but she looked up at the height of the tree unconvinced, and then climbed up without hesitation, which made her partners admire. Lang Ping's father is a sports fan. Whenever there is an opportunity, he takes his daughter to the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium near his home to watch the football match. Father's love for sports influenced Lang Ping. In the memory of Lang Ping's childhood, volleyball left a good impression on her. With the change of time, Lang Ping is getting higher and higher. Standing among her peers, she stands out like a "standout".

1973 A weekend in April is a memorable day in Lang Ping. The volleyball class teacher of Beijing Workers Stadium Amateur Sports School came to the school to choose players. Lang Ping, who has entered the sixth grade of primary school, was chosen to take the exam because of her height. The news excited her. It's sunny on Sunday. Lang Ping and several classmates came to the sports school, where many students came to take the exam. The measurement includes bouncing ball, speed running and so on. Lang Ping hopes that she can pass the exam. What a happy thing it will be for her! After rigorous testing and selection, Lang Ping, whose height is1.69m, is indeed on the list. Since then, volleyball has entered her life and formed an indissoluble bond with her. The training of volleyball class began in June and lasted until the scorching sun in August. At first, the content of training made people feel relaxed, and later the difficulty increased. In the days when he first came into contact with volleyball, Lang Ping stood the test of physique and will. Some players have developed fear of difficulties and even failed. In particular, Xiao Chen, a classmate who attended the training with Lang Ping at the beginning, also gave up the training. She said to Lang Ping, "Although we all love sports at school, I have never experienced such a large amount of training. My parents don't want me to suffer this. They are tired every day. They are heartbroken. " Lang Ping went to the sports school alone. Boring, boring and hard training has also shaken her, but at this time, her parents told her: "It's nothing to suffer. Since you like playing volleyball, you can't give up halfway. " Lang Ping never forgot his parents' encouragement, persevered tenaciously, and became a full-time player in the volleyball class of Beijing Workers' Stadium amateur sports school by virtue of his good conditions and quality and the rapid development of his skills.

At the beginning of 1974, Lang Ping, who just graduated from Dongguang Road Primary School in Beijing, came to Beijing Chaoyang Middle School (now Beijing Chenjinglun Middle School) with all kinds of snowflakes. There are gymnastics teams, track and field teams, swimming teams, football teams, basketball teams, volleyball teams, table tennis teams and other sports teams. Lang Ping still has a soft spot for volleyball. She joined the volleyball team and was willing to play after training, so she didn't care about the mud. She can bear hardships more than ordinary girls and has no feminine taste. Sometimes her arm will swell because of catching the ball, but she can still grit her teeth. No matter how she practices, she never complains. Lang Ping wears out a pair of shoes almost every month. Students often joke, "Lang Ping, your sneakers are showing your toes again." She doesn't mind, even if she often wears clothes eliminated by her sister, she doesn't care. She doesn't care what others say about her clothes, only whether she can act well. This autumn, Lang Ping was selected into the Beijing No.2 Sports School and became a professional player in the volleyball training class. Beijing No.2 Sports School is a school that specializes in training and transporting talents for high-level professional sports teams. In the Second Sports School, Lang Ping successfully completed the important courses of basic training. While her body is back to normal and her skills are becoming more sophisticated, her personality is more cheerful, her will is stronger and her thoughts are more mature. Lang Ping, who was in her prime, finally became the champion of the group with her unswerving tenacity and tenacious efforts, and joined the Beijing team that she missed day and night with the best candidate. Since then, she has started a new climb.

1978, Lang Ping took part in the national first-class volleyball league, made his mark, was favored by coach Yuan Weimin, and entered the national team. After hard training, she became "one of the three main attackers in the world". The excellent high-level blocking and smashing technology of landing and flowering has amazed the world. Then she became an American coach and entered her coaching career.

Lang Ping is a famous female volleyball player and coach in China. 1960 65438+February 10 Born in Tianjin, he is1.84m tall. 1973 entered the volleyball class of Beijing Workers Gymnasium Junior Sports School to practice volleyball, 1976 entered Beijing Amateur Sports School, and was selected as the Beijing Volleyball Team in the same year. 1978 was selected for the national training team.

1985, Lang Ping retired from the Foreign Languages Department of Beijing Normal University to study English. 1987 went to study in the University of New Mexico, USA, and got a master's degree in sports management, and then went abroad to play ball.

1989 Lang Ping led the women's volleyball team of the Italian Medina Club to win the Italian Cup; 1990 returned to the national team and led the China women's volleyball team to win the second place in the 1 1 women's volleyball championship; 199 1 Won the Eastern American Women's Volleyball Championship at the speed of the University of New Mexico. From 65438 to 0995, he began to coach China women's volleyball team, and in the same year he led the team to win the World Cup women's volleyball season. 1996 led the China women's volleyball team to win the silver medal in the Atlanta Olympic Games; 1997 The national team won the 9th Asian Women's Volleyball Championship; 1998 won the runner-up of 13 World Women's Volleyball Championship and the gold medal of 13 Asian Games.

From 65438 to 0999, Lang Ping went to Italy to teach and made brilliant achievements. Led the Italian Modena women's volleyball team to win the Italian women's volleyball league championship in 2000, the 200 1 European women's volleyball championship and the Italian league and cup championship in 2002; In the 2002-2003 season, Lang Ping turned to coach the Italian Novara Club, leading the Novara women's volleyball team to win the Italian Super Cup and the Italian League in 2004.

In February 2005, Lang Ping became the head coach of the national women's volleyball team.

Sports experience:

1April, 973, he was selected into the volleyball class of Beijing Workers Gymnasium Junior Sports School; In early June 1974, he joined the volleyball team coached by Meng Jinhua, a female volleyball player of Southwest Military Region; /kloc-0 entered the volleyball training class of Beijing No.2 Sports School in June, 1974; Later, he was selected for the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team 2; And was coached by Yuan Weimin on June 1976. Vice captain, captain and assistant coach of China women's volleyball team.

1978 Lang Ping won the silver medal in the women's volleyball match with China in the 8th Asian Games; 1979 won the second Asian women's volleyball championship; 198 1, Bremen International Volleyball Invitational Tournament, Germany, individual won the "Best Attacker Award". In the same year, he also won the women's volleyball championship in the third World Cup, and personally won the "Excellent Player Award". 1982 won the gold medal in the 9th World Women's Volleyball Championships and the 9th Asian Games; 1champion of the world super women's volleyball competition in 1983,1gold medal of the women's volleyball competition in the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. 1985 won the Shanghai Xinmin evening paper cup International Invitational Tournament, Seagull Cup International Women's Volleyball Invitational Tournament and the 4th World Cup Women's Volleyball Tournament, and won the Excellent Athlete Award and the Best Athlete Award. 1992 got an American green card, but did not become an American citizen.

Lang Ping was awarded the title of "athlete" by the state on 1980; 1984 won the title of "March 8th Red Flag Bearer" in China; 1985 was awarded the title of "international athlete"; Since then, he has been elected as one of the "Top Ten Athletes in China" for many times, and won four sports honorary medals awarded by the State Sports Commission. 1994 was named one of the "45 sports heroes in the 45th anniversary of the founding of New China", 1997 was named the "best coach" of the women's volleyball team of the year by FIVB, and 1999 was named the "Top 50 Sports Stars in New China". In 2002, he was unanimously elected to the Volleyball Hall of Fame, becoming the first Asian volleyball player to win this honor.

Lang Ping was one of the "three main attackers" in the world women's volleyball team in 1980s, and was known as the "iron hammer". She has good physical fitness, strong jumping ability, touchdown height as high as 3.17m, changeable fast break and outstanding online skills. She is famous for her attack on the fourth position and is the core of the team.

Lang Ping's teaching in the United States has caused some controversy in China. Lang Ping responded: "It is still people's imagination that the US team won the Olympic Games. Is it that easy to win the Olympic Games? Brazil, Cuba, Russian and Italian teams are all favourites to win the championship, not to mention defending champion China. I didn't coach the United States to beat China. I accepted this job as a professional coach, hoping to make some contributions to the volleyball cause. " What she wants to say to domestic fans most is "Lang Ping belongs to China. Wherever I go, I always remember that I am from China. "

Lang Ping once said in the interview column "We": A retired volleyball player also wants to go out to earn money. Most of the women's volleyball players in China in her time were professional, and few of them continued to play volleyball. He coached America for three reasons. First of all, the US team needs a China coach like her. Second, he also needs to earn money to support his family; Third, my daughter is in the United States. My daughter has not grown up and needs her. In this way, Lang Ping embarked on the road of coaching the United States.

Volleyball matches in the United States are different from those in China. There is not enough training time before the Olympic Games, and the attendance rate of players is very unstable. Coupled with language communication barriers, Lang Ping became a bad coach. However, AAPL did not put too much pressure on Lang Ping. Lang Ping once said in the program: "The American Volleyball Association didn't give me any pressure. It doesn't say that you must be the top three in the Olympic Games. No. So this time I am very happy to get tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. My basic task has been completed. "