Wang Aiping (born 18 March 1972) is a Chinese baseball coach who is known for coaching the China national baseball team in the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He has also coached for the Guangdong Leopards.[1]
Early life edit
Wang Aiping was born 18 March 1972 in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China. From 1978 to 1986, he attended primary and secondary school, where he learned to play baseball in Lanzhou City, Yuzhong County at Gansu Province. Wang became a member of a baseball team in Lanzhou City from 1987 to 1994.
In 1995, he became a member of a baseball team in Guangdong Province, with whom he played until 2001, when he became an assistant coach of the baseball team, a role he held until 2005. He was the coach of the Chinese National baseball team from 2006 to 2009. In March 2010, Aiping became the softball coach in Guangdong Province, a role he still holds.
Baseball career achievements edit
1997 edit
- Third place on 8th National Games.
1998 - 2001 edit
- Third place on National Championship.
2001 edit
- Second place on 9th National Games.
2003 edit
- First place on National Championship.
2005 edit
- Fifth place on 10th National Games.
2008 edit
- 8th place on 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
2009 edit
- Participated in the Baseball World Series held in Japan.
Softball career achievements edit
2010 edit
- 2nd place on National Championship when he was appointed as a main coach. 1st place on National Championship.
2011 edit
- 3rd place on National Championship.