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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(16) Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Calgary

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$319,662.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	55	0	1	4	1	7	1	18	0	11	9	3	US$505,825.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Chaim Schalk - 9th	Ben Saxton - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	3	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	4	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	6	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	11	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	3	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	1	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	3	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	8	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	3	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	7	7th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	10	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	9	25th	160	US$4,000.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 8/8/2016

Pool D

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (9)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	27	14	0	0.519	3	3	1	7
	1	27	14	0	0.519	3	3	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	36	22	0	0.611	0	8	1	0
	1	36	22	0	0.611	0	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool D

Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won 17-21, 21-18, 16-14

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	33	19	0	0.576	3	5	3	6
	1	33	19	0	0.576	3	5	3	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	19	11	0	0.579	0	5	1	2
	1	19	11	0	0.579	0	5	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool D

Nivaldo Diaz / Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba (21)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	27	14	0	0.519	1	3	0	5
	1	27	14	0	0.519	1	3	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	15	7	0	0.467	0	9	0	0
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	9	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Lucky Loser

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (17)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	13	8	0	0.615	5	3	1	6
	1	13	8	0	0.615	5	3	1	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	33	23	0	0.697	0	15	0	3
	1	33	23	0	0.697	0	15	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/13/2016

Winner 1

Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	20	8	0	0.400	0	1	1	2
	1	20	8	0	0.400	0	1	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	5	9	0	1.800	0	3	1	0
	1	5	9	0	1.800	0	3	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	120	63	0	0.525	12	15	6	26
Chaim Schalk	108	72	0	0.667	0	40	3	5
Total	228	135	0	0.592	12	55	9	31
Opponents	233	146	0	0.627	20	51	13	35

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Christian Redmann - 17th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Chaim Schalk - 5th	Ben Saxton - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Chaim Schalk - 17th	Ben Saxton - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Chaim Schalk - 7th	Ben Saxton - 7th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Chaim Schalk - 4th	Ben Saxton - 4th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Chaim Schalk - 5th	Ben Saxton - 5th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Chaim Schalk - 5th	Ben Saxton - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Grant O'Gorman - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Grant O'Gorman - 33rd	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Theo Brunner - 4th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Tri Bourne - 37th

Head to Head Results
Saxton/Schalk trail the series against the field 34-44 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-7
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 21-16	0:35
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Saxton/Schalk	8	26-24, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Saxton/Schalk	7	21-16, 21-19	0:44
8/30/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Saxton/Schalk	10	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:48
7/26/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 34-32	0:46
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-1
8/13/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-12, 21-15	0:33
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	21-16, 23-21	0:34
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-2
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	6	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	25-23, 21-17	0:39
9/29/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Saxton/Schalk	7	23-21, 21-12	0:34
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Dalhausser/Lucena	24	Saxton/Schalk	9	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Saxton/Schalk	16	Goncalves/Solberg	4	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:58
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Goncalves/Solberg	5	Saxton/Schalk	11	21-19, 21-8	0:32
Series tied with # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 3-3
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	6	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	11	21-23, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
9/30/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Saxton/Schalk	7	21-18, 21-18	0:44
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	16	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-16, 21-17	0:34
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	21-19, 21-15	0:33
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	6	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-4
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Saxton/Schalk	11	21-17, 24-22	0:37
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	8	Saxton/Schalk	10	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:49
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Gibb/Patterson	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	8	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-19, 21-19	0:40
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	31-29, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-3
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	7	Saxton/Schalk	1	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:47
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-15, 21-17	0:31
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	16	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-17, 21-16	0:34
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-16, 21-18	0:37
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Saxton/Schalk	12	25-23, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/26/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Saxton/Schalk	16	Krasilnikov/Semenov	19	21-18, 22-20	0:36
Series tied with # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 4-4
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
7/31/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-16, 21-18	0:34
7/3/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Bronze Medal	Saxton/Schalk	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	19-21, 30-28, 20-18	1:01
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	8	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:49
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-19, 24-22	0:40
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	40	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Saxton/Schalk	10	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:41
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	16	Lupo/Nicolai	10	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Saxton/Schalk	40	10-21, 21-18, 15-13
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-0
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	25	Kantor/Losiak	24, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:37
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Kantor/Losiak	25	21-17, 21-10	0:30
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	40	Kantor/Losiak	38	21-19, 27-29, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	16	Saxton/Schalk	4	21-13, 21-19	0:33
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-5
7/3/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Semi-Finals	Doppler/Horst	15	Saxton/Schalk	6	17-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:51
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Doppler/Horst	7	Saxton/Schalk	10	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Saxton/Schalk	8	21-14, 21-19	0:37
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	7	Doppler/Horst	6	21-16, 22-20	0:42
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	9	Doppler/Horst	8	By Forfeit
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Doppler/Horst	7	22-20, 21-15	0:43
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Saxton/Schalk	25	21-19, 21-15	0:46
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	24-22, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 14 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Saxton/Schalk	4	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	6	Ontiveros/Virgen	14	21-19, 21-16	0:34
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool E	Ontiveros/Virgen	12	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 5-2
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Saxton/Schalk	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-18	0:41
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Saxton/Schalk	5	24-26, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Fijalek/Prudel	3	22-20, 27-25	0:44
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Fijalek/Prudel	2	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:02
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	1	Huber/Seidl	17	21-15, 21-13	0:27
Trail the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Saxton/Schalk	1	24-26, 30-28, 15-9	0:58
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Diaz/Gonzalez, Cuba 0-1
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-3
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Binstock/Schachter	14	21-17, 23-21	0:39
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	7	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	10	Saxton/Schalk	2	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Binstock/Schachter	17	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:00
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	23	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-18, 25-23	0:44