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US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(4) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Mark Heese - 17th	John Child - 17th
1996	Mark Heese - 2nd	John Child - 2nd
1997	Mark Heese - 3rd	John Child - 3rd
1998	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
1999	Mark Heese - 17th	John Child - 17th
2000	Mark Heese - 4th	John Child - 4th
2001	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	11	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	14	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	16	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	15	4th	210	US$9,300.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	13	13th	0	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	12	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool D	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (20)	Won 22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:15
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool D	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool D	Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (29, Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:51
Sat, 7/27/2002	Winner 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Sat, 7/27/2002	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (5, Q1)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:44

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	9	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	$54,750.00	20	20	50.0 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	$43,550.00	20	11	64.5 %
Total	FIVB	66	1	4	4	7	13	6	12	7	9	3	0	$533,900.00	51	37	58.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00
6	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	$21,775.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	$21,775.00
105	1	5	9	8	35	31	13	3	0	$377,162.50	Total	Total	98	1	5	9	7	30	32	11	3	0	$360,362.50

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%
2001-2002	36	75.0%	9	18.8%	3	6.3%	45-3	93.8%	6	16.7%	7	19.4%	23	63.9%	6-30	16.7%	36-23	61.0%	15-10	60.0%	0	2	51-35	59.3%
Against the Field	31	70.5%	7	15.9%	6	13.6%	38-6	86.4%	8	15.1%	7	13.2%	38	71.7%	8-45	15.1%	62-60	50.8%	30-24	55.6%	0	7	47-50	48.5%

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
Child/Heese lead the series against the field 29-28 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-4
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Ramos/Rego	1	Child/Heese	16	21-13, 21-17	0:44
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 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-4
7/14/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Child/Heese	11	Baracetti/Conde	2	25-23, 21-14	0:53
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Child/Heese	14	21-19, 25-27, 26-24	1:18
6/16/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	3	Child/Heese	15	21-19, 27-25	0:59
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
Trail the series against # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 2-3
7/14/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Gold Medal	Loiola/Santos	3	Child/Heese	11	21-18, 24-22	0:52
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	4	Child/Heese	14	21-12, 21-17	0:44
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	16	Loiola/Santos	2	21-17, 21-18	0:49
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
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Series tied with # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/16/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Bronze Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Child/Heese	15	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	15	Prosser/Zahner	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Child/Heese	4	15-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-3
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	4	Child/Heese	13	By Forfeit	0:13
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
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	15	Brenha/Maia	16	21-12, 21-18	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 11 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Child/Heese	15	Pedrosa/Teixeira	31, Q6	21-16, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	4	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 6	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Neto	7	Child/Heese	16	21-19, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Berg/Dahl	20	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:15
Trail the series against # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Schacht/Slack	39	Child/Heese	15	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Child/Heese	3	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	11	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 27 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-15, 21-19	0:56
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-2
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Bosma/Cotrino	12	Child/Heese	13	By Forfeit
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 # 29, Q7 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 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
Lead the series against # 31 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Child/Heese	15	Canet/Hamel	18	22-24, 21-13, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against Blanton/Henkel, United States 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Child/Heese	16	Blanton/Henkel	17	21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	21-10, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Child/Heese	15	Backer/Ronnes	34	21-18, 21-16	0:44