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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(11) 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 Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	3	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	5	5th	180	US$7,300.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	7	3rd	480	US$26,000.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	9	4th	210	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	11	5th	165	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	12	7th	150	US$4,700.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	9	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	12/13-15/1996	South Africa Open	5	9th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	3	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	3	13th	90	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-6/1996	Indonesia Open	2	5th	180	US$9,000.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Carl Henkel / Sinjin Smith, United States (22)	Won 4-12, 12-9, 13-11	1:28
Fri, 9/12/1997		Emanuel Rego / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (6)	Lost 9-12, 9-12	1:27

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Mark Heese - 9th	John Child - 9th
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

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	11	9th	210	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	4	9th	240	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	8	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	34	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	25	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

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	8	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$65,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	2	3	2	5	2	3	4	1	1	0	$282,100.00	7	3	70.0 %

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
8	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$32,800.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$32,800.00
51	1	2	6	3	20	14	4	1	0	$209,412.50	Total	Total	44	1	2	6	2	15	15	2	1	0	$192,612.50

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%
1996-1997	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	4	23.5%	1	5.9%	12	70.6%	4-13	23.5%	28-18	60.9%	14-8	63.6%	0	1	24-16	60.0%

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 4-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 de Melo/Rego, Brazil 0-1
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Rego/de Melo	6	Child/Heese	11	12-9, 12-9	1:27
Lead the series against # 22 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
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 # 24 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
Lead the series against # 28 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
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 # Q6 Englen/Petersson, Sweden 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 1	Child/Heese	8	Englen/Petersson	23	15-2	0:28