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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Poland Grand Slam
June 14 - 18, 2016

(4) Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada

Heather Bansley
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Sarah Pavan
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kitchener, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$603,225.00

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2015, 2016, 2018

Awards

Best Blocker 2015, 2017, 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Melissa Humana-Paredes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	0	3	3	1	10	0	7	0	8	4	1	1	US$456,450.00

Previous Olsztyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Sarah Pavan - 9th	Heather Bansley - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	3	4th	0	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	3	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	6	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	9	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	22	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	6	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/15/2016	Pool D	Michala Frank / Kristyna Kolocova, Czech Republic (29, Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:28
Thu, 6/16/2016	Pool D	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (20)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 6/16/2016	Pool D	Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (13, Q2)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:52
Fri, 6/17/2016	Winner 2	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (23)	Lost 18-21, 21-15, 14-16	0:47

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	2	3	0	6	0	6	0	7	4	0	$399,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,750.00
Total	38	0	3	3	1	10	0	7	0	8	4	0	$456,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heather Bansley												Sarah Pavan
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	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$69,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Tour Finals	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	$82,250.00
58	0	2	4	0	6	15	14	10	0	$259,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	4	2	4	0	10	11	12	4	0	$321,850.00
52	2	3	4	1	14	11	6	6	0	$131,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	1	7	2	4	7	9	5	1	0	$122,125.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
129	4	5	8	2	26	29	27	16	0	$458,475.00	Total	103	7	10	6	8	23	22	19	5	0	$603,225.00

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
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	$31,700.00	15	17	46.9 %
2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5	1	0	$90,375.00	21	23	47.7 %
2015	FIVB	12	0	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	$207,375.00	47	22	68.1 %
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$73,000.00	17	7	70.8 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	2	3	1	9	0	6	0	8	4	2	$402,450.00	100	69	59.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heather Bansley													Sarah Pavan
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	$21,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$18,000.00	2012	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	$16,600.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$15,850.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50	2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50
12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50	2015	FIVB	12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50
5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$36,500.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$36,500.00
69	0	2	3	1	12	11	15	13	12	$247,000.00	Total	Total	35	0	2	3	1	9	6	8	4	2	$201,225.00

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	62	61.4%	19	18.8%	20	19.8%	81-20	80.2%	28	35.0%	17	21.3%	35	43.8%	28-52	35.0%	62-35	63.9%	47-37	56.0%	2	3	111-75	59.7%
2015-2016	44	69.8%	12	19.0%	7	11.1%	56-7	88.9%	17	39.5%	9	20.9%	17	39.5%	17-26	39.5%	44-17	72.1%	29-16	64.4%	2	2	75-35	68.2%
Against the Field	16	64.0%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	10	26.3%	8	21.1%	20	52.6%	10-28	26.3%	32-36	47.1%	26-28	48.1%	0	2	29-34	46.0%

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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	48	36	0	0	22	19	2	3	3	0	0	2	81	62
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	4
Total	0	0	6	2	69	40	0	0	30	25	3	4	3	1	0	3	111	75

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Pavan trail the series against the field 25-31 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-2
5/28/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bansley/Pavan	5	Brzostek/Wojtasik	11	14-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:41
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Bansley/Pavan	3	By Forfeit
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brzostek/Wojtasik	8	Bansley/Pavan	3	22-24, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	9	Brzostek/Wojtasik	24	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 1-6
5/28/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bansley/Pavan	5	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:41
10/3/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-19, 21-12	0:37
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-23, 21-17, 17-15	0:55
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bansley/Pavan	9	21-13, 21-17	0:35
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bansley/Pavan	17	21-16, 25-27, 15-12	0:46
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Bansley/Pavan	17	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Bansley/Pavan	17	Antunes/Maestrini	1	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 3-1
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bansley/Pavan	6	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Bansley/Pavan	17	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
5/24/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Bansley/Pavan	9	21-11, 21-8	0:25
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	25, Q3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	8	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-4
10/4/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Bronze Medal	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	Bansley/Pavan	3	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:58
7/25/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Bansley/Pavan	6	25-23, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Bansley/Pavan	11	21-19, 21-15	0:37
5/24/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Gold Medal	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Bansley/Pavan	7	21-12, 21-18	0:37
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool E	Bansley/Pavan	12	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	22-20, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-3
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	5	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	19-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:46
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Meppelink/Van Iersel	6	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-15, 21-17	0:37
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/Van Iersel	11	Bansley/Pavan	22	21-13, 21-15	0:31
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Bansley/Pavan	23	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 1-0
5/29/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bansley/Pavan	5	Felisberta/Lima	6	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 2-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Bansley/Pavan	5	Fendrick/Sweat	12	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Fendrick/Sweat	14	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-18, 21-17	0:37
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Fendrick/Sweat	13	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 9, Q1 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
5/24/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lisboa/Maia	24, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-2
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Bansley/Pavan	18	21-17, 21-16	0:34
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Bansley/Pavan	25, Q3	21-10, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-5
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	14	Bansley/Pavan	3	21-19, 22-20	0:37
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Bansley/Pavan	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Bansley/Pavan	11	By Forfeit	0:03
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Bansley/Pavan	22	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:49
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	21-13, 20-22, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Antonelli/Maestrini	13, Q2	18-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 3-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool E	Laboureur/Sude	21	Bansley/Pavan	5	21-17, 12-21, 15-8	0:37
9/30/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Bansley/Pavan	3	Laboureur/Sude	10	21-13, 21-16	0:34
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	4	Laboureur/Sude	18	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	17	Laboureur/Sude	13, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 18 Wang/Yue, China 0-2
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	14	Bansley/Pavan	2	21-18, 21-14	0:34
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Wang/Yue	1	Bansley/Pavan	7	21-18, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Bieneck/Grossner	15, Q2	Bansley/Pavan	18	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	20	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Mersmann/Schneider	26, Q5	21-15, 21-18	0:35
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	23	Mersmann/Schneider	26	21-14, 26-24	0:42
Series tied with # 23 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 3-3
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	23	Bansley/Pavan	4	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	0:47
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool E	Bansley/Pavan	5	Nestarcova/Pridalova	28, Q5	21-9, 21-17	0:30
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Nestarcova/Pridalova	16	Bansley/Pavan	17	18-21, 28-26, 15-12	0:57
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	7	Nestarcova/Pridalova	5	21-14, 22-20	0:40
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	Bansley/Pavan	19	10-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	12-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 25 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Bansley/Pavan	22	Braakman/Sinnema	46	19-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Frank/Kolocova	29, Q10	21-13, 21-17	0:28
Lead the series against # Q13 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-0
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lobato/Soria	26, Q4	21-16, 21-9	0:32