Douglas Partie

American volleyball player (born 1961)

Doug Partie

Personal information
Born| Robert Douglas Partie
October 21, 1961 (1961-10-21) (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

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Medal record

Men's volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
|  1988 Seoul | Team
|  1992 Barcelona | Team
World Championship
|  1986 France | Team
FIVB World Cup
|  1985 Japan |
|  1991 Japan |
Goodwill Games
|  1986 Moscow |
Pan American Games
|  1987 Indianapolis | Team

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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ a b c d e "Doug Partie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
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)
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)
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)
5. ^ "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
6. ^ "Doug Partie". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

## External links

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* 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)

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United States squad – 1985 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup – Gold medal

* Berzins
* Buck
* Ctvrtlik
* Dvorak
* Kiraly
* Partie
* Powers
* Salmons
* Saunders
* Stork
* Timmons
* Coach: Sato

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United States squad – 1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal

* Buck
* Ctvrtlik
* Dvorak
* Kiraly
* Partie
* Powers
* Salmons
* Sato
* Saunders
* Stork
* Timmons
* Coach: Dunphy

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United States men's volleyball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

* 1 Tanner
* 2 Saunders
* 3 Root
* 4 Ctvrtlik
* 5 Partie
* 6 Timmons
* 7 Buck
* 8 Fortune
* 9 Luyties
* 10 Stork
* 11 Sato
* 15 Kiraly
* Coach: Dunphy

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United States men's volleyball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

* 1 Briceno
* 2 Greenbaum
* 3 Becker
* 4 Ctvrtlik
* 5 Ivie
* 6 Timmons
* 7 Hilliard
* 8 Fortune
* 9 Samuelson
* 10 Stork
* 14 Sato
* 15 Partie
* Coach: Sturm

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