Mike Lambert

Mike Lambert
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birthday	April 14, 1974
place of birth	Kāneʻohe, Hawaii, USA
size	1.98 m
Indoor volleyball
position	External attack
societies
1997-2000	Pallavolo Piacenza
National team
1995-2000	A national team
successes
1996 - Olympic ninth 2000 - Olympic eleventh
beach volleyball
partner	2004–2005 Charles Kiraly 2006–2007 stone butcher
successes
2002 - AVP Best offensive Player 2002 - AVP Rookie of the Year 2004 - AVP Most Valuable Player 2004 - AVP Best offensive Player 2004 - AVP Team of the Year (with Karch Kiraly) 2006 - AVP Team of the Year (with Stein Metzger)
As of September 9, 2011

Michael Allen "Mike" Lambert (born April 14, 1974 in Kāneʻohe , Hawaii ) is a former American volleyball and beach volleyball player . He took part in the Olympic Games twice.

Career

Mike Lambert played indoor volleyball with the Cardinals at Stanford University and from 1995 to 2000 in the US national team . For four years he also played in the Italian league with Pallavolo Piacenza . He took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he was eliminated after the preliminary round. He then switched to beach volleyball and played on the AVP Tour from 2001 to 2008 , where he had his most successful season in 2004 with Charles Kiraly . Mike Lambert was “Most Valuable Player 2004”, “Best Offensive Player 2004” and “Team of the Year 2004” with Karch Kiraly. He also played internationally with Stein Metzger in 2006 and 2007. Lambert / Metzger were AVP "Team of the Year 2006" and finished 17th at the 2007 World Cup in Gstaad .

Private

Mike Lambert is married to the Italian Deborah. The two live in Costa Mesa ( California ) and have a daughter and a son.

Web links

• Mike Lambert in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)