[2] In 2009 she became a German U16 national champion with Bad Aibling, where one of her teammates was her twin sister Franziska,[3] who went on to play for OSB Munich.

She tore her anterior cruciate ligament five times - in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 - and after the final injury it looked like her sporting career was over.

[1] She then joined the team at the University of Alabama in the United States, where she studied marketing and won two National Championships.

[1] In 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign students were instructed to leave the United States, but Lang still managed to complete her bachelor's degree with honours remotely in 2021, even though this meant attending lectures at four in the morning due to the time difference,[4] and won the University of Alabama Adapted Athletics Academic Award for academic achievements by a member of an adapted athletics team.

[6] She also required surgery on her left shoulder that year that put her out of action for five months.