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US$400,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 15 - 19, 2005

(19) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th
2002	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th
2003	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	20	5th	0	US$0.00
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

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/16/2005	Winner 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (14)	Lost 22-24, 26-28	0:50
Thu, 6/16/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (30, Q12)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 16-14	0:55
Fri, 6/17/2005	Contender 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (4)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:38

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	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	$33,000.00	15	20	42.9 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	85	1	4	4	8	17	6	14	9	13	8	1	$612,850.00	88	76	53.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	$19,875.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$16,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,000.00
126	1	5	9	9	39	35	18	9	1	$420,012.50	Total	Total	121	1	5	9	8	35	36	16	10	1	$409,212.50

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%
2004-2005	12	75.0%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	10.5%	4	21.1%	13	68.4%	2-17	10.5%	12-13	48.0%	3-7	30.0%	1	4	16-24	40.0%
Against the Field	13	81.3%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	14	73.7%	2-17	10.5%	26-28	48.1%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	17-18	48.6%

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 17-17 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	4	Child/Heese	19	21-14, 21-17	0:38
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	Child/Heese	21	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Child/Heese	19	24-22, 28-26	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	Child/Heese	24	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	0:51
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	18	Kais/Vesik	15	25-23, 21-17	0:48
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:39
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
Series tied with # 24 Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-2
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Berger/Doppler	11	Child/Heese	27	21-18, 23-21	0:50
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Berger/Doppler	14	Child/Heese	5	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	1:01
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-17, 24-26, 16-14	1:17
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 3	Child/Heese	28, Q4	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q13	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 28 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	19	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	21-18, 13-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q28 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