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Douglas Partie

Douglas Partie

American volleyball player

Robert Douglas "Doug" Partie (born October 21, 1961, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American former volleyball player who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Four years later in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he won the bronze medal with the national team.[1][2]

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Partie helped the United States win the 1985 FIVB World Cup, the 1986 FIVB World Championship, and the 1987 Pan American Games.[1]

College

Partie played volleyball at UCLA and was a three-time All-American.[1] He helped the Bruins win four straight NCAA Championships from 1981 to 1984.[1] He was selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team in 1982, 1983, and 1984.[3]

Partie was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1997.[4]

Awards

  • Three-time All-American
  • Four-time NCAA Champion 1981–1984
  • Three-time All-Tournament Team 1982, 1983, 1984
  • FIVB World Cup gold medal 1985
  • Goodwill Games silver medal 1986
  • FIVB World Championship gold medal 1986
  • Pan American Games gold medal 1987
  • Olympic gold medal 1988
  • FIVB World Cup bronze medal 1991
  • Olympic bronze medal 1992
  • UCLA Hall of Fame 1997

References

  1. [1]
    "Doug Partie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Preston, Mike (August 10, 1992). "U.S. Defeats Cuba; Brazil Wins Gold : Men's volleyball: Americans come back after losing first game. In championship match, the Dutch yield 14 consecutive points in third game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2023. (subscription required)
  3. [3]
    "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Doug Partie". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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