Lang Ping's New Journey: From Volleyball Coach to Public Welfare Ambassador
For Chinese women's volleyball fans, Lang Ping is undoubtedly a legend. With excellent tactical command and skillful team leadership skills, she led the Chinese women's volleyball team to achieve countless brilliant achievements and create many historic moments. Even after many years of retirement, her position in the hearts of fans is still unshakable. Not long ago, the volleyball queen ushered in a new chapter in her life - she officially served as the public welfare ambassador of the China Primary Health Care Foundation's non-sensory sugar project, and started her own public welfare undertakings. This is undoubtedly a major turning point in her life, and it has also aroused widespread attention from fans.
From the Iron Lady on the volleyball court to the practitioner of public welfare, Lang Ping's story is admirable. So, why did this legendary figure who once controlled the fate of the women's volleyball team choose to devote herself to public welfare? What kind of life wisdom does her decision contain? Let us walk into Lang Ping's inner world and explore the changes in her life trajectory.
A glorious volleyball journey
When it comes to Lang Ping, the first thing that comes to mind must be her legendary experience on the volleyball court. As one of the greatest coaches in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team, she has created countless brilliant records and has become an iconic figure in the volleyball world at home and abroad.
In 1982, 19-year-old Lang Ping played in the World Cup for the first time as the main player of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and showed excellent performance in this event, helping the team win the runner-up. In the following years, she won many gold medals for the Chinese women's volleyball team in top competitions such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup, and became one of the most dazzling volleyball stars at home and abroad at that time.
In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 27-year-old Lang Ping led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the gold medal, which became the pinnacle of her career. In the following ten years, she successively served as the assistant coach and head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and led the team to achieve many great results on the world stage, including winning the championship again at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
While Lang Ping has led the team to such impressive results, she has also become one of the most famous female coaches in the history of Chinese sports. Her excellent tactical command, superb training methods, and meticulous care for her players have earned her numerous accolades. Under her leadership, generations of Chinese women's volleyball players have grown into world-class masters and become the pride of the country.
After retiring, Lang Ping briefly coached the Italian women's volleyball team, and served as the technical advisor of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the 2012 London Olympics, making great contributions to the team's championship. It can be said that no matter where she is, she has always been the representative and inheritor of the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
From a volleyball coach to a charity ambassador
After a brilliant volleyball career, Lang Ping officially retired from his professional coaching position in 2016. However, even if she is far away from the women's volleyball team, she is still influencing the big family in her own way.
In April 2024, Lang Ping officially announced on social media that he would become a public welfare ambassador for the China Primary Health Care Foundation's Sensorless Sugar Project. This move has aroused strong attention from the sports world and the majority of fans, and they have speculated why Lang Ping chose to devote himself to this public welfare undertaking. It turns out that this is closely related to Lang Ping's own life experience.
It turned out that Lang Ping's father had been a diabetic for many years, and eventually passed away due to complications. As a family member, Lang Ping deeply felt the inconvenience and pain caused by diabetes to patients and their families. She realized that long-term blood glucose monitoring and management are essential for people with diabetes, but traditional fingerstick blood glucose monitoring often brings a lot of inconvenience to life.
Therefore, when the China Primary Health Care Foundation launched the "No Finger Pricking, No Sensory Sugar" public welfare project, Lang Ping did not hesitate to take over the responsibility of public welfare ambassador. She hopes that through her influence, more people will pay attention to the situation of diabetes patients, and let them experience the care and support from the whole society, actively control blood sugar, and embrace a healthy life.
At a public welfare event in Shanghai, Lang Ping emotionally told the story of his father and called on everyone to care for the diabetic community. She said that it was the death of her father and her own family experience over the years that made her deeply aware of how important it is to support people with diabetes. As a legend of the women's volleyball team, she also hopes to exert her influence and use the spirit of the women's volleyball team to inspire and motivate more sugar friends to overcome the problem of illness together.
In the public welfare publicity, Lang Ping has always maintained a positive and optimistic state. She admits that as a family member of a diabetic patient, she has been unremittingly learning and practicing blood sugar management methods, and hopes to inspire and support sugar friends with her own experience. At the same time, she also called on more young people to pay attention to their own health, take the initiative to prevent the occurrence of diabetes, so that they can have a healthier life.
Lang Ping's change is undoubtedly encouraging. As a legend in the world of volleyball, she has not only achieved success on the sports field, but now she has also shown a new side in the field of philanthropy. She uses her stories and experiences to arouse the attention of all walks of life, and uses her influence to help more disadvantaged groups. This kind of socially responsible responsibility is enough to become a banner in the contemporary sports world.
From the glorious volleyball court to the warm public welfare, Lang Ping's life experience has undoubtedly left a deep imprint on us. Her story undoubtedly conveys two important values to the world: first, to know how to cherish health and actively manage one's own diseases; The second is to take the initiative to assume social responsibility and use our own strength to help more people in need. These are things that each of us should learn and practice.
In this age of rampant materialism, we should learn to look inward for spiritual comfort and satisfaction. And Lang Ping's life experience undoubtedly shows us such a truth - even at the peak of our careers, we must know how to pay attention to our hearts, pay attention to others, and make our lives more full and meaningful.
From the glorious volleyball court to the warm public welfare, Lang Ping's life trajectory is enough to become an example for each of us to learn. She uses her story to draw attention to vulnerable groups from all walks of life and use her influence to help others. This sense of responsibility to others undoubtedly represents the most noble values in the world of sport.
Lang Ping's appointment as a public welfare ambassador this time may not be a whim, but the natural result of her deep thinking and understanding of the nature of life over the years. As a family member of a diabetic patient, she is well aware of the inconvenience and pain caused by this disease to patients and their families. She hopes that through her own efforts, more people can pay attention to this issue and let more diabetic patients feel the warmth and support of the whole society.
It is not difficult for us to find that in Lang Ping's eyes, the meaning of life is not only about personal achievements and honors, but also about whether you can use your own strength to influence and change the lives of others and benefit the society. It is this broad vision and responsibility that transcends the individual that makes her a true representative of sportsmanship.
Standing at a new starting point in life, Lang Ping is writing a new chapter in his own unique way. From the Iron Lady on the volleyball court to the practitioner of public welfare, her life trajectory is undoubtedly a great inspiration for us ordinary people. She told us that no matter what stage of life we are in, as long as we know how to pay attention to our hearts and others, and use this as a guide in life, we will definitely be able to find our own meaning and value in this impetuous world.
Lang Ping's story has undoubtedly become a banner in the contemporary sports world. She used her life to interpret what it means to be "wise and foolish", and practiced the lofty ideal of "self-cultivation, family cooperation, governing the country, and leveling the world" with her own practical actions. In her, we not only see one of Asia's greatest volleyball coaches, but also a patriarchal image full of wisdom and heart.
Let us bless Lang Ping's new journey, and believe that under the leadership of this legendary figure, more and more people will be moved by her story, and use it as an inspiration to give back to the society in their own way and create a better tomorrow.