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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 9, 2024

(23) Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec, Canada

Heather Bansley
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$453,750.00

Sophie Bukovec
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Halifax 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$75,297.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	1	5	0	US$42,000.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	13	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q8	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	3, Q1	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	13, Q1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	18, Q2	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	15, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	14, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	12	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	9/21-24/2023	Futures Halifax	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool B

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss, United States (2)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	42	13	12	0.024	0	10	2	1
	1	19	8	7	0.053	0	3	2	0
	2	23	5	5	0.000	0	7	0	1
Sophie Bukovec	Total	6	3	2	0.167	1	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	2
	2	6	3	2	0.167	1	0	0	0

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool B

Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (11)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	19	15	0	0.789	0	5	1	2
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	1	0	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	4	1	1
Sophie Bukovec	Total	21	8	8	0.000	3	0	0	5
	1	10	3	5	-0.200	0	0	0	3
	2	11	5	3	0.182	3	0	0	2

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool B

Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (14)

Lost 10-21, 16-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	7	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	4
	1	3	1	2	-0.333	0	1	0	3
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	1
Sophie Bukovec	Total	24	11	6	0.208	1	0	2	2
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	0	0	1
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	0	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	68	31	15	0.235	0	18	3	7
Sophie Bukovec	51	22	16	0.118	5	0	2	9
Total	119	53	31	0.185	5	18	5	16
Opponents	110	64	19	0.409	10	27	13	14

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Elizabeth Maloney - 17th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Sarah Pavan - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Did not play
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Did not play
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Did not play
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Did not play
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Brandie Wilkerson - 17th	Did not play
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Brandie Wilkerson - 2nd
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Did not play	Sarah Pavan - 9th

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Bukovec trail the series against the field 9-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 0-1
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Kloth/Nuss	2	Bansley/Bukovec	23	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Salgado/Seixas	1	Bansley/Bukovec	12	23-21, 21-16	0:42
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool A	Salgado/Seixas	1	Bansley/Bukovec	12	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Placette/Richard	7	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 1	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	1	22-20, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-0
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Bansley/Bukovec	14, Q2	Schoon/Stam	3	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
6/2/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Semi-Finals	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Bansley/Bukovec	13	21-11, 21-18	0:33
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Gold Medal	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	6	Bansley/Bukovec	14, Q2	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
7/29/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Xia/Xue	11	Bansley/Bukovec	23	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-1
6/2/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Bronze Medal	Fernandez/Soria	15	Bansley/Bukovec	13	By Forfeit
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 2	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Fernandez/Soria	8	21-18, 21-18	0:38
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Lucky Loser	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	Fernandez/Soria	12	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool B	Artacho/Clancy	14	Bansley/Bukovec	23	21-10, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-1
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 1	Chamereau/Vieira	16, Q15	Bansley/Bukovec	Q2	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:50
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool C	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	Chamereau/Vieira	15	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Bansley/Bukovec	13, Q1	Chamereau/Vieira	18	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-2
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Bansley/Bukovec	13	Bobner/Verge-Depre	3	21-14, 21-18	0:37
4/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Semi-Finals	Bobner/Verge-Depre	12	Bansley/Bukovec	3, Q1	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	0:58
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	9	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	23-21, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-3
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	12	Bansley/Bukovec	13	16-21, 25-23, 16-14	0:59
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	8	Bansley/Bukovec	3	21-19, 21-14	0:33
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	By Forfeit	1:51
Lead the series against # 18 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Bansley/Bukovec	3	Alvarez/Moreno	10	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:45