Richard Lambourne

Rich Lambourne
Personal information
Born	Richard Edward Lambourne (1975-05-06) May 6, 1975 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Spike	324 cm
Block	312 cm
Volleyball information
Current team	Fart Kielce
National team
USA
Medal record Men's volleyball Representing the United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team competition Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team competition NORCECA Championship 2005 Winnipeg Team competition 2005 Bridgetown Team competition

Richard Edward "Rich" Lambourne (born May 6, 1975) is an American indoor volleyball player. He joined the U.S. men's national team in 2000 as the designated libero. He has recently played for Delecta Bydgoszcz. Lambourne made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympics, helping Team USA to a gold medal.

High school and personal life

Lambourne was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Paul and Ann Lambourne. He grew up in Tustin, California, and attended Foothill High School.

Lambourne was badly injured during a bike accident when he was 6. He skinned his shoulder to the bone and mangled the right side of his face. He says of the accident, "I could have been much uglier but due to my loving parents and medical science, I am only mostly unattractive".

He served a mission in Hokkaido, Japan, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

College

Lambourne attended Brigham Young University where he majored in Japanese. He was also recruited by Stanford and Long Beach State.

In 1999, he was the starting outside hitter for the BYU men's volleyball team that won the program's first ever NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship. For the year, he played in 82 games and posted 252 kills, 205 digs, 88 blocks and a .348 hitting percentage.

Career

Lambourne began to play professional volleyball for Lamia, a club from Greece. His next club was Aon hotVolleys Vienna. After that, he went to Noliko Maaseik, then to Polish Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn, than to the Russian Lokomotiv-Belogorie. He represented Polish Delecta Bydgoszcz. As of February 24, 2010 he has been disciplinary released.

Clubs

• AUT Aon hotVolleys Vienna (2001–2003)
• NED Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn (2003–2004)
• GRC Lamia (2004–2005)
• BEL Noliko Maaseik (2005–2006)
• POL AZS Olsztyn (2006–2008)
• RUS Lokomotiv-Belogorie (2008–2009)
• POL Delecta Bydgoszcz (2009–2010)
• POL Fart Kielce (2011–present)

International competitions

Recent international competition

• 2008
  • Olympic Games (gold medal)
  • FIVB World League (gold medal)
  • NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship (gold medal)
• 2007
  • FIVB World Cup
  • NORCECA Continental Championship (gold medal)
  • America's Cup (gold medal)
  • FIVB World League (bronze medal)
• 2005
  • NORCECA Continental Championships (gold medal)
  • World Grand Champions Cup (silver medal)

Individual awards

• 2006 Pan-American Cup "Best Defender"
• 2007 FIVB World League "Best Libero"
• 2008 FIVB World League "Best Libero"

External links

• Rich Lambourne's official bio at USA Volleyball
• Bio at NBC Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived November 3, 2009)
• BYU Cougar Bio