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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(6) 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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	8	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	7	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	5	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	3	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	6	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	6	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	9	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	11	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	7	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	13	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	14	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	9	17th	68	US$2,500.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Jean-Philippe Jodard / Christian Penigaud, France (19)	Won 15-5	0:34
Fri, 9/22/2000	Winner 2	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (14)	Won 15-6	0:40
Sun, 9/24/2000	Winner 3	Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (3)	Lost 13-15	1:21

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
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Mark Heese - 5th	John Child - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Mark Heese - 33rd	John Child - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Ahren Cadieux - 17th

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 %
Total	FIVB	51	1	3	4	4	9	6	10	6	7	1	0	$435,600.00	11	6	64.7 %

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
90	1	4	9	5	31	28	11	1	0	$328,012.50	Total	Total	83	1	4	9	4	26	29	9	1	0	$311,212.50

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	11	55.0%	2	10.0%	7	35.0%	13-7	65.0%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	22-12	64.7%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	19-14	57.6%

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
Child/Heese lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Child/Heese	4	15-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Santos/de Melo	3	Child/Heese	6	15-13	1:21
Lead the series against # 7 Heidger/Wong, United States 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Child/Heese	4	Heidger/Wong	13	15-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 14 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Child/Heese	6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	15-6	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 19 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Child/Heese	6	Jodard/Penigaud	19	15-5	0:34