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Oliver "Ollie" Lang is a professional paintball player. He started playing paintballs when he was in the 8th grade. He played for the first time at birthday party and got hooked ever since. When he was a teenager, he and some friends formed Team Ironkids. The Ironkids were made up of Ryan Greenspan, Todd Martinez, Alex Fraige, Davey Williamson, Oliver Lang, Yosh Rau and Eric Roberts.

Professional Paintball Teams

HIS TEAM

Russian Legion

In 2002, Lang left the Ironmen and rejoined his childhood friends Alex Fraige, Todd Martinez, Ryan Greenspan, Brian Cole, Brad Maughan, and Angel Fragoza in San Diego Dynasty, which had formed the year before. For four years, Dynasty went through a series of wins on both sides of the Atlantic which had never been witnessed before, and has never been observed since. In 2003, Dynasty won every single event in the Millennium Series, as well as every single event in the NPPL. They took second in the PSP's last Pro 10-Man event in Los Angeles behind the Naughty Dogs, and second as well at the Open Division X-Ball World Cup behind Team Strange. In 2004, Team Dynasty only won two NPPL events, and its winning streak in Europe was stopped at the Iberian Cup in Madrid by Team Arsenal, who won in two straight games in the finals, thereby putting an end to an incredible 13 victories in a row series. Dynasty still won both the NPPL series, the PSP overall open X-ball competition, and the Millennium 7-Man series.

2005 was Oliver Lang's and Dynasty's most successful year ever, with four out of five wins in the NPPL and four out of five wins in the PSP's Open X-Ball division.

Los Angeles Ironmen 2006

Lang left Dynasty and rejoined the Ironmen in 2006, making paintball history when he was paid $100,000 to do so by Dye Precision.

He is currently on Dye-sponsored Ironmen, and endorses their products. He is also guesting for Budapest Bullets in the Millennium Series. In 2007 he led the Ironmen to their first ever NXL championship beating Russian Legion at World Cup and beating Dynasty out for the series championship at the same time by a tiebreaker. They then went on in 2008 to win the World Cup and series title again in 2008.

2009: Oliver and the Ironmen came second place, losing out to the Philly All-Americans, in the first PSP event in Phoenix.

See also

• Paintball
• Speedball
• List of professional paintball teams

References

1. Shafer, Jacob: Paintball Player Oliver Lang, Retrieved on May 10, 2007
2. ^ Williams, Christian. Oliver Lang goes to Dye & the Ironmen, Retrieved on May 10, 2007

External links

• Ollie Lang's personal website
• Dynasty Paintball Team Website
• Team Ironmen Website
• Cereal Killerz Trailer - Documentary about several Professional Paintball Players, including Oliver Lang

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