Douglas Partie

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]

Doug Partie
Personal information
NicknameDoug
NationalityAmerican
BornRobert Douglas Partie
October 21, 1961 (1961-10-21) (age 62)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
College / UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number5 (1988), 15 (1992)
National team
1985–1992 United States
Medal record
Men’s volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 SeoulIndoor
Bronze medal – third place 1992 BarcelonaIndoor
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Paris
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place1985 Japan
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Indoor
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Moscow

Partie helped the United States win the 1985 World Cup, the 1986 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
  • FIVB World Championship gold medal 1986
  • Pan American Games gold medal 1987
  • Olympic gold medal 1988
  • Olympic bronze medal 1992
  • UCLA Hall of Fame 1997

References
  1. "Doug Partie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  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. "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. "Doug Partie". UCLABruins.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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