Age, Biography and Wiki
Lang Ping was born on 10 December, 1960 in Tianjin, China, is a Chinese volleyball player and coach. Discover Lang Ping's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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| Age |
63 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
10 December 1960 |
| Birthday |
10 December |
| Birthplace |
Tianjin, China |
| Nationality |
China
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She is a member of famous Player with the age 63 years old group.
Lang Ping Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, Lang Ping height is 1.84 m and Weight 71 kg.
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1.84 m |
| Weight |
71 kg |
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Not Available |
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Who Is Lang Ping's Husband?
Her husband is Wang Yucheng (m. 2016), Bai Fan (m. 1986–1995)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Wang Yucheng (m. 2016), Bai Fan (m. 1986–1995) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Lydia Bai |
Lang Ping Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lang Ping worth at the age of 63 years old? Lang Ping’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. She is from China. We have estimated Lang Ping's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Player |
Lang Ping Social Network
Timeline
"Jenny" Lang Ping (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.
Owing to her central role in the success of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the 1980s, Lang was seen as a cultural icon and is one of the most respected people in modern Chinese sports history.
Lang is remembered as one of the first world champions for China.
She was named one of China's Top Ten Athletes of the year from 1981 to 1986.
She was also a member of the team that won the World Championship crown in 1982 in Peru and won World Cup titles in 1981 and 1985.
The Chinese women's volleyball team won multiple world championships during Lang's career.
Lang was the star outside hitter on the team.
As a player, Lang won the most valuable player award in women's volleyball at the 1984 Olympics.
Nicknamed the "Iron Hammer", Lang was a member of the Chinese national team that won the Gold Medal over the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
With this victory, Lang Ping became the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games as a player with the Chinese national team in Los Angeles 1984 and as the Chinese national team head coach in Rio 2016.
She was married to Chinese former handball player "Frank" Bai Fan from 1987 to 1995.
In 1987, Lang moved to Los Angeles with Bai to study and serve as an assistant volleyball coach at the University of New Mexico.
When asked about the reasons for her move, she said she wanted "to taste a normal life."
She maintains Chinese citizenship despite having lived in the U.S. for more than 15 years.
Lang was an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico from 1987–89 and 1992–93.
In 1992, they had a daughter named Lydia Lang Bai, who played volleyball for Stanford University and played the young version of Lang Ping in the film Leap.
Lang is currently married to Wang Yucheng, a professor at the China Academy of Social Science.
In 1995, Lang became the head coach of the Chinese national team and eventually guided the squad to the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and second place at the 1998 World Championships in Japan.
She was selected 1996 FIVB Coach of the Year.
Lang Ping resigned from the Chinese national team in 1998 due to health reasons.
In the following year, she took a head coaching position in the Italian professional volleyball league and enjoyed great success there, winning various honours and the coach of the year award multiple times.
In 2002, Lang became an inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
She became the coach of the US National Team in 2005.
She coached the U.S. women's national team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in her home country.
Lang guided the team to the 2008 Olympics, where the US team faced off with China in her home country.
The US team defeated China 3–2.
Then Chinese and US presidents, Hu Jintao and George W. Bush, attended the match.
The match drew 250 million television viewers in China alone.
The team went on to win the silver medal, losing to Brazil in the finals 3–1.
Lang allowed her contract to run out later that year, citing that she wanted to coach a club so as to spend more time with her family.
She became the head coach of the China women's national volleyball team for the second time in 2013 and won the World Cup in Japan in 2015.
In 2014, she was the only female head coach among the 24 teams in the FIVB World Championship.
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.
On August 21, 2016, Lang Ping guided the Chinese national team to the gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics.
On September 29, 2019, after China swept all eleven matches to defend the World Cup title, Lang Ping also became the first person to win the back-to-back World Cup champions both as a player (1981, 1985) and as a coach (2015, 2019).
Lang is the main character in the 2020 biographical film Leap, in which she is played by actress Gong Li.
Lang Ping was born in Tianjin.
