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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Belgium Open
August 8 - 12, 2001

(12) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada

John Child
Canada

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$467,137.50

Mark Heese
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aurora, ON

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$518,387.50

Awards

Most Inspirational 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	114	1	5	8	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$789,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,600.00
Overall	115	1	5	9	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$791,800.00

Previous Ostende Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Mark Heese - 3rd	John Child - 3rd
1998	Mark Heese - 3rd	John Child - 3rd
1999	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
2000	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	8	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	5	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	3	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	4	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	5	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	8	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	7	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	6	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	8	5th	204	US$7,000.00

Belgium Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (21, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 25-23, 12-15	0:56
Fri, 8/10/2001	Contender 1	Dmitri Kouvitchka / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (28, Q18)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 8/10/2001	Contender 2	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (6)	Lost 17-21, 31-29, 12-15	1:12

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,075.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	0	$203,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	1	4	4	8	16	12	16	12	13	4	0	$554,725.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	115	1	5	9	8	21	12	21	13	15	8	0	$791,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Child												Mark Heese
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$11,037.50	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$14,537.50
16	0	1	3	0	3	3	2	4	0	$110,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	1	3	0	2	4	3	11	0	$120,700.00
101	1	4	4	9	33	29	15	6	0	$295,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	125	1	4	4	8	31	41	24	10	0	$344,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
128	1	5	9	9	39	35	18	10	0	$422,887.50	Total	166	1	5	9	8	36	48	29	21	0	$485,387.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
1996	FIVB	16	1	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	$216,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	$67,100.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	$71,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	0	3	0	0	$81,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	$53,250.00	20	18	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	59	1	3	4	6	11	6	11	6	9	2	0	$488,850.00	31	24	56.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Child													Mark Heese
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1991	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	1993	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	$15,062.50	1994	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,562.50
17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00
16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00	1996	FIVB	16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00
11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00
13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00
8	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	$26,625.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	$26,625.00
98	1	4	9	7	33	29	13	2	0	$354,637.50	Total	Total	91	1	4	9	6	28	30	11	2	0	$337,837.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	56	76.7%	11	15.1%	6	8.2%	67-6	91.8%	10	15.2%	13	19.7%	43	65.2%	10-56	15.2%	56-43	56.6%	21-19	52.5%	2	11	88-78	53.0%
2000-2001	15	78.9%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	12	63.2%	2-17	10.5%	15-12	55.6%	5-6	45.5%	0	2	22-21	51.2%
Against the Field	28	75.7%	2	5.4%	7	18.9%	30-7	81.1%	5	12.8%	6	15.4%	28	71.8%	5-34	12.8%	56-50	52.8%	14-22	38.9%	0	2	37-39	48.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	23	7	0	0	26	20	1	4	0	4	0	1	65	49
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	3	1	31	19	0	0	32	29	1	5	1	4	0	1	88	78

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 18-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-3
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 4	Ramos/Rego	1	Child/Heese	4	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 4	Ramos/Rego	1	Child/Heese	5	21-12, 21-10	0:30
6/17/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Ramos/Rego	1	Child/Heese	7	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	4	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	5	Baracetti/Conde	13	23-21, 23-21	0:46
6/17/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Conde	22	Child/Heese	7	21-15, 25-23	0:44
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	22	Child/Heese	7	22-24, 21-16, 17-15	1:05
Series tied with # 4 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	13	Child/Heese	5	24-22, 21-15	0:47
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	7	Loiola/Santos	2	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 6	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-2
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Metzger/Wong	6	Child/Heese	12	21-17, 29-31, 15-12	1:12
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 6	Metzger/Wong	7, Q3	Child/Heese	8	21-14, 21-16	0:36
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Child/Heese	7	Metzger/Wong	8	18-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 1-1
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Bronze Medal	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Child/Heese	4	21-17, 21-15	0:39
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	Child/Heese	8	Ferreira/de Melo	12	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	16	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Child/Heese	6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	15-6	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Ahmann/Hager	11	15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Child/Heese	4	15-9	0:38
Series tied with # 19 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Stamm	21	25-23, 21-18	0:45
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	25	Child/Heese	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-2
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	27	Child/Heese	8	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:51
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Child/Heese	3	27-25, 21-11	0:50
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	10	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Series tied with # 21, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	Child/Heese	12	21-15, 23-25, 15-12	0:56
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	7	Bosma/Cotrino	10	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Henkel/Smith, United States 3-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool H	Henkel/Smith	25	Child/Heese	8	21-18, 21-18	0:38
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	4	Henkel/Smith	12	21-19, 22-20	0:41
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Child/Heese	8	Henkel/Smith	17	21-17, 21-16	0:45
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Child/Heese	11	Henkel/Smith	22	4-12, 12-9, 13-11	1:28
Lead the series against # 26 Martinez/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	8	Martinez/Salema	24	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q18 Kouvitchka/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	12	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal, Cuba 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool H	Child/Heese	8	Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal	40	21-13, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q12 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 21-15	0:38