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Under the leadership of Kiraly, Partie and Salmons, the United States. Team completed its only Triple Crown, adding a 1986 World Championship title to its 1985 World Cup crown and "84 Olympic gold medal.
Under the leadership of Kiraly, Partie and Salmons, the United States. Team completed its only Triple Crown, adding a 1986 World Championship title to its 1985 World Cup crown and "84 Olympic gold medal.
Steve Salmons was a 4-year starter on the University of California, Los Angeles volleyball team (1977-‘79, ‘81) as a middle blocker. In 1979, Salmons suffered a severe back injury, while representing the United States at the Pan Am games, yet was able to return to play for the Bruins at the end of the 1981 season, helping spark a five-game victory over the Tim Hovland and Steve Timmons led University of Southern California Trojans to earn another National Collegiate Athletic Association title. He was named to the National Collegiate Athletic Association All-Tournament team (his third time "78,"79,"81) along with Most Valuable Player Karch Kiraly and Steve Gulnac.
In addition to earning the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, Salmons was named All-American in 1978 and 1979.
He was a United States National Team Member in 1978-1979 and 1981-’86, and played for the gold medal winning 1984 Olympic team In 2000, Salmons was inducted into the University of California, Los Angeles Athletics Hall of Fame, and on March
30, 2001 University of California, Los Angeles retired the jersey (Number 29) of former All-American Steve Salmons in pre-match ceremonies. Salmons, inducted into the University of California, Los Angeles Athletics Hall of Fame the previous October, played on two National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams.
Steve has been named to the "All Century College Volleyball player"s list by Volleyball Magazine" and was inducted in University of California, Los Angeles Athletic "Hall of Fame" in 2000.
Steve currently resides in San Diego, and for the last 10+ years has owned a Commercial Real Estate Brokerage company Commercial Properties Service.
He won an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was named the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, leading the Bruins to the National Championship with a 31-0 record - the first undefeated team in National Collegiate Athletic Association history. Steve Salmons was the starting middle blocker on the United States national team and helped the United States of America to win its first Olympic Gold Medal in Volleyball in 1984. Steve and his team later went on to win United States of America Volleyball"s International Triple Crown, which included the 1985 World Cup Championship over Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and culminating in 1986 with the gold medal at the World Championships held in Paris France. Steve was also a 4 year starter at University of California, Los Angeles, won two National National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships and was named the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year. After retiring from indoor volleyball, Salmons switched to beach volleyball where he starred on the Bud Light 4-Manitoba Professional Beach tour for five years and won over 15 Pro tournaments.
