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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(20) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada

John Child
Canada

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1967 (57 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 (55 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

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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	24	25th	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	18	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool E

Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)

Lost 26-28, 18-21

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	27	12	0	0.444	2	3	0	0
	1	27	12	0	0.444	2	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Heese	Total	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	0	5
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool E

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (8)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	22	16	0	0.727	11	4	0	0
	1	22	16	0	0.727	11	4	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Heese	Total	15	7	0	0.467	0	9	0	1
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	9	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool E

Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (17)

Lost 13-21, 21-15, 12-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	2	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Heese	Total	51	25	0	0.490	0	18	0	2
	1	51	25	0	0.490	0	18	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2004

Winner 1

Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	9	5	0	0.556	2	2	0	0
	1	9	5	0	0.556	2	2	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Heese	Total	33	22	0	0.667	0	10	1	0
	1	33	22	0	0.667	0	10	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2004

Winner 2

Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 24-22, 19-21, 16-18

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	42	18	0	0.429	3	7	1	1
	1	42	18	0	0.429	3	7	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Heese	Total	42	25	0	0.595	2	12	0	4
	1	42	25	0	0.595	2	12	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	111	58	0	0.523	18	17	3	2
Mark Heese	148	84	0	0.568	2	55	1	12
Total	259	142	0	0.548	20	72	4	14
Opponents	253	136	0	0.538	17	60	2	13

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Mark Heese - 3rd	John Child - 3rd
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Mark Heese - 17th	John Child - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Mark Heese - 37th	John Child - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Mark Heese - 33rd	John Child - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Ahren Cadieux - 17th

Head to Head Results
Child/Heese trail the series against the field 26-40 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 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 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-4
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	17	By Forfeit
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	5	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	6	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-5
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Child/Heese	27	21-9, 21-17	0:34
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	29, Q2	Laciga/Laciga	4	23-21, 21-18	0:43
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	5	Child/Heese	28, Q4	21-23, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Child/Heese	20	21-17, 21-16	0:44
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Laciga/Laciga	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
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 # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-3
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Child/Heese	18	By Forfeit	0:27
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Dieckmann/Reckermann	10	Child/Heese	7	By Forfeit
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
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-4
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Child/Heese	20	28-26, 21-18	1:01
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	27	23-21, 21-7	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 4-5
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Child/Heese	20	Baracetti/Conde	7	21-17, 21-17	0:42
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 # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 2-1
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Child/Heese	20	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-10	0:46
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
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 # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-4
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Bosma/Herrera	15	Child/Heese	20	22-24, 21-19, 18-16	1:07
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Bosma/Herrera	9	Child/Heese	18	By Forfeit
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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-1
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	17	Child/Heese	20	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
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 # 18 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 # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	18	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	9	Child/Heese	24	21-11, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24 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