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US$360,000 ConocoPhillips Open
June 30 - July 4, 2004

(21) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th
2000	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
2001	Mark Heese - 4th	John Child - 4th
2002	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	27	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	17	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	29, Q2	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	28, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	28	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	34	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	27	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	20	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/2/2004	Winner 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (12)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:41
Fri, 7/2/2004	Contender 1	Max Backer / Emiel Boersma, Netherlands (28, Q7)	Won 21-14, 27-25	0:49
Fri, 7/2/2004	Contender 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (6)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:41

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	9	0	1	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	$62,625.00	31	15	67.4 %
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	$23,875.00	10	13	43.5 %
2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$26,000.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	81	1	4	4	8	16	6	14	8	12	7	1	$602,850.00	83	67	55.3 %

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
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	$11,937.50	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	$14,812.50
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	$14,000.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$13,000.00
121	1	5	9	9	38	34	16	8	1	$412,637.50	Total	Total	115	1	5	9	8	33	35	14	9	1	$397,712.50

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%
2003-2004	19	82.6%	1	4.3%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	16	64.0%	3-22	12.0%	19-16	54.3%	4-9	30.8%	2	8	25-33	43.1%
Against the Field	22	68.8%	6	18.8%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	3	10.0%	6	20.0%	21	70.0%	3-27	10.0%	44-34	56.4%	18-18	50.0%	1	3	33-29	53.2%

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 28-22 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Child/Heese	29, Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 3-5
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Child/Heese	34	Baracetti/Conde	10	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Child/Heese	5	22-20, 21-13	0:51
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
Lead the series against # 3 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	29, Q2	Neto/Ramos	5	34-32, 21-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	29, Q2	Egger/Heyer	13	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Child/Heese	20	22-20, 21-0 Retired	0:24
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
Trail the series against # 5 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	12	Child/Heese	28	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	1:22
Trail the series against # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-3
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	6	Child/Heese	21	21-13, 21-18	0:41
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Child/Heese	27	21-17, 21-17	0:47
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Schacht/Slack	12	25-23, 21-14	0:47
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Schacht/Slack	11	21-13, 21-18	0:46
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 # 7 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Child/Heese	27	Prosser/Williams	6	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 3-2
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	Child/Heese	29, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	21-18, 21-18	0:44
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Child/Heese	5	21-19, 21-19	0:49
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
Trail the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Child/Heese	28	21-17, 21-14	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Herrera	12	Child/Heese	28, Q4	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Bosma/Herrera	29	Child/Heese	20	21-19, 21-16	0:46
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 12 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	Child/Heese	21	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 15 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Child/Heese	17	21-16, 21-13	0:43
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	28	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-18, 26-24	0:50
Series tied with # 20 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Child/Heese	5	By Forfeit	0:51
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Holdren/Metzger	15	Child/Heese	34	21-6, 18-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Canet/Hamel, France 3-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Canet/Hamel	21	21-15, 21-15	0:43
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Canet/Hamel	27	21-17, 30-28	0:59
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Child/Heese	15	Canet/Hamel	18	22-24, 21-13, 15-11	1:06
Series tied with # 25 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	17	Goranson/Skarlund	16, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:45
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Child/Heese	29, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	21	Backer/Boersma	28, Q7	21-14, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # Q4 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Child/Heese	27	Holden/Leinemann	22	21-17, 21-17	0:46
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 # Q11 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Kogel/Mulder	27	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # Q19 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