Richard Lambourne

As of July 6, 2012

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

Career

Lambourne retired at the age of six years in a bike accident serious injuries to the shoulder and face. Nevertheless, he began a career in sport, first in baseball. At Brigham Young University, he came to the volleyball first played as an outside attacker before he was Libero. In November 2000 he made his debut for the U.S. national team and reached in 2001 with the team the final of the NORCECA Championship. In the same year he went to the Austrian League to the Aon hotVolleys Vienna. With the club he won the 2002 and 2003 twice in a row, the national league and cup double. In addition, the U.S. team with Lambourne 2003, the victory in the Continental Cup succeeded. Subsequently, the Libero played one season for the Dutch club Piet Zoomers Apeldoorn and in Greece GS Lamia. After a successful title defense at the NORCECA Championship 2005, he was a year in Noliko Maaseik active before he went to the Polish first division club AZS UWM Olsztyn. 2007 managed the U.S. with Lambourne third continental title in a row and also reached the final of the Pan American Games. 2008 won the U.S. team the World League and then triumphed in the finals of the Olympic tournament against Brazil. In the 2008 /09 season Lambourne played the Russian club Lokomotiv VK - Belogorje. After losing the final of the NORCECA Championship 2009 he returned to Poland to Delecta Bydgoszcz. There he was dismissed in 2010 for disciplinary reasons. Since 2011 he has been active in the league rivals Fart Kielce.