Douglas Partie

Doug Partie
Doug Partie
Personal information
Born	Robert Douglas Partie; October 21, 1961 (age 63); Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
College / University	University of California, Los Angeles
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	5 (1988); 15 (1992)
National team
1985–1992	United States
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Championship
FIVB World Cup
Goodwill Games
Pan American Games

Robert Douglas "Doug" Partie (born October 21, 1961) 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.^[1]^[2]^[3] Four years later in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he won the bronze medal with the national team.^[1]^[4]

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.^[5]

Partie was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1997.^[6]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Doug Partie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^ Vecsey, George (October 3, 1988). "Men's Volleyball; U.S. Repeats Gold-Medal Performance". The New York Times. p. C11. Retrieved September 6, 2024. (subscription required)
^ Dodds, Tracy (October 2, 1988). "The Seoul Games / Day 16 : U.S. Wins Showdown With Soviets, Takes Home Men's Volleyball Gold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2024. (subscription required)
^ 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)
^ "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ "Doug Partie". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

External links

Douglas Partie at Olympics.com
Olympedia profile: Doug Partie
Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
UCLA Hall of Fame profile
Volleybox.net profile
Douglas Partie at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Douglas Partie at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[Olympedia-1] "Doug Partie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

[NYT-2] Vecsey, George (October 3, 1988). "Men's Volleyball; U.S. Repeats Gold-Medal Performance". The New York Times. p. C11. Retrieved September 6, 2024. (subscription required)

[LAT-Seoul-3] Dodds, Tracy (October 2, 1988). "The Seoul Games / Day 16 : U.S. Wins Showdown With Soviets, Takes Home Men's Volleyball Gold". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2024. (subscription required)

[bronze-4] 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)

[NCAA-5] "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[UCLA-HoF-6] "Doug Partie". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

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