Richard Lambourne

Richard Lambourne
portrait
Date of birth	May 6, 1975
place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky , United States
size	1.90 m
position	Libero
societies
until 2001 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 since 2011	Brigham Young University Aon hotVolleys Vienna Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn GS Lamia Noliko Maaseik AZS UWM Olsztyn VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje Delecta Bydgoszcz Effector Kielce
National team
since 2000	A national team
successes
2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2005 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009	Vice-Champion NORCECA Austrian Champion Austrian Cup Winner Austrian Champion Austrian Cup Winner NORCECA Champion NORCECA Champion NORCECA Champion Finalist Pan American Games World League Winner Olympic Winner Vice Champion NORCECA
Status: July 6, 2012

Richard Edward Lambourne (born May 6, 1975 in Louisville, Kentucky ) is an American volleyball player .

Career

Lambourne sustained serious shoulder and face injuries in a bicycle accident when he was six. Nevertheless, he began a sports career, initially in baseball . At Brigham Young University , he came to volleyball and initially played as an outside attacker before becoming a libero. In November 2000 he made his debut for the US national team and in 2001 reached the final of the NORCECA championship with the team . In the same year he went to the Austrian league for the Aon hotVolleys in Vienna . With the club, he won the national championship and cup double twice in a row in 2002 and 2003. In addition, the US team with Lambourne 2003 won the continental championship. The Libero then played one season each for the Dutch club Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn and in Greece for GS Lamia . After successfully defending his title at the NORCECA championship in 2005, he worked for one year with Noliko Maaseik before joining the Polish first division club AZS UWM Olsztyn . In 2007, the USA achieved the third continental title in a row with Lambourne and also reached the final of the Pan American Games . In 2008 the US team won the World League and then triumphed in the final of the Olympic tournament against Brazil . In the 2008/09 season Lambourne played for the Russian club VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje . After losing the final of the NORCECA championship in 2009, he went back to Poland to Delecta Bydgoszcz . There he was released in 2010 for disciplinary reasons. He has been with league competitor Effector Kielce since 2011 .

Web links

• Richard Lambourne in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Portrait at NBC Olympics (English)
• Profile at USA Volleyball (English)
• Profile at the BYU Cougars (English)