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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(10) Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, 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:

128

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$456,750.00

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$301,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	39	3	1	4	0	11	0	13	0	5	2	US$317,500.00

Previous Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd	Heather Bansley - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	18	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	18	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	20	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	19	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	17	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	15	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	11	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	12	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	8	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	3	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	4	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2018	Chetumal Three Star	1	1st	600	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2021

Pool C

Fan Wang / Xinyi Xia, China (15)

Lost 21-18, 15-21, 11-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	27	16	4	0.444	0	12	0	4
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	2	0	3
	2	6	4	2	0.333	0	5	0	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	0	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	32	16	6	0.313	6	2	1	8
	1	4	3	1	0.500	3	0	1	2
	2	20	8	4	0.200	1	2	0	3
	3	8	5	1	0.500	2	0	0	3

Tue, 7/27/2021

Pool C

Ana Gallay / Fernanda Pereyra, Argentina (22)

Won 22-20, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	19	10	1	0.474	0	6	2	7
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	3	1	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	1	5
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	20	14	4	0.500	2	5	4	8
	1	14	8	4	0.286	1	3	2	4
	2	6	6	0	1.000	1	2	2	4

Thu, 7/29/2021

Pool C

Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	29	14	5	0.310	0	6	1	2
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	3	1	1
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	3	0	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	13	12	0	0.923	2	2	2	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	1	1	0	4
	2	6	6	0	1.000	1	1	2	0

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Sponcil, United States (9)

Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	45	26	4	0.489	0	17	1	1
	1	20	11	1	0.500	0	7	1	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	6	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	28	16	6	0.357	2	5	2	9
	1	11	6	3	0.273	1	3	1	7
	2	12	6	3	0.250	1	2	1	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	0	1

Tue, 8/3/2021

Winner 2

Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (16)

Lost 13-21, 21-18, 11-15

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	Total	25	9	7	0.080	0	7	0	3
	1	6	2	3	-0.167	0	1	0	2
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	5	0	0
	3	9	4	2	0.222	0	1	0	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	31	21	4	0.548	2	1	0	10
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	1	0	3
	2	11	10	0	0.909	2	0	0	4
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Heather Bansley	145	75	21	0.372	0	48	4	17
Brandie Wilkerson	124	79	20	0.476	14	15	9	39
Total	269	154	41	0.420	14	63	13	56
Opponents	234	128	31	0.415	8	77	11	27

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	Heather Bansley - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Heather Bansley - 9th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Brandie Wilkerson - 17th	Heather Bansley - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Brandie Wilkerson - 17th	Heather Bansley - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Sophie Bukovec - 2nd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Sophie Bukovec - 19th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 2nd

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Wilkerson trail the series against the field 39-40 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 3-8
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	25-23, 14-21, 15-9	0:53
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	21-19, 24-22	0:48
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	21-12, 22-20	0:41
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	10-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:44
10/21/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Gold Medal	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 7	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	25-23, 21-15	0:40
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-12, 21-17	0:33
8/23/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	20-22, 21-12, 15-9	0:49
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-18, 21-7	0:31
9/13/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Country Quota	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan		23-21, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-4
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:46
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	22-20, 21-11	0:39
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:53
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 2-4
7/29/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	21-18, 21-18	0:42
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool B	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-11, 21-12	0:33
7/15/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Bronze Medal	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-19, 21-13	0:37
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 5	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	8	15-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:44
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-3
7/10/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 3	Cavalcanti/Silva	6	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	21-18, 21-9	0:38
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	8	21-16, 21-15	0:32
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Cavalcanti/Silva	10, Q1	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-4
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Artacho/Clancy	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	19	21-15, 21-12	0:36
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	7	Bansley/Wilkerson	3	21-15, 21-19	0:36
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Artacho/Clancy	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	3	21-12, 11-21, 15-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 4-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	19	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-15, 21-14	0:40
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Brunner/Huberli	15	24-26, 27-25, 15-13	1:03
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Brunner/Huberli	13	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Huberli	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 3-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:47
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Kholomina/Makroguzova	15	21-17, 24-22	0:41
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool B	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	21-19, 21-18	0:38
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	9	Kholomina/Makroguzova	17	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 9 Cheng/Sponcil, United States 2-0
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	Cheng/Sponcil	9	22-24, 21-18, 15-13	1:00
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Cheng/Sponcil	11, Q2	23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Keizer/Meppelink	9	Bansley/Wilkerson	8	21-17, 21-18	0:36
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Bansley/Wilkerson	5	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-19, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-4
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	Mader/Verge-Depre	1	21-15, 21-15	0:38
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool C	Mader/Verge-Depre	27	Bansley/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 16-21, 15-8	0:50
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	5	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	21-14, 21-19	0:38
5/19/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	Bansley/Wilkerson	9	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	24-22, 21-15	0:43
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool F	Mader/Verge-Depre	6	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	13-21, 21-12, 17-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 5-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	20	Borger/Sude	13	21-16, 21-15	0:37
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Borger/Sude	13	Bansley/Wilkerson	19	21-13, 23-21	0:40
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	Borger/Sude	16	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool G	Bansley/Wilkerson	7	Borger/Sude	10	21-17, 21-17	0:40
7/28/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Bronze Medal	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Borger/Sude	18	21-19, 21-11	0:39
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Borger/Sude	15	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-0
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	23-25, 21-17, 15-11	0:57
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	21-14, 21-15	0:32
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-19, 21-10	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Wang/Xia, China 2-3
7/24/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Wang/Xia	15	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:56
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	11	Bansley/Wilkerson	7	21-19, 24-22	0:42
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Wang/Xia	21	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-17, 21-15	0:38
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Wang/Xia	17	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Wang/Xia	16	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
8/3/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	16	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Graudina/Samoilova	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	20	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-1
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	15	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	18	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	15	21-17, 22-24, 15-10	0:58
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool B	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	31	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 2-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	20-22, 21-15, 22-20	1:02
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	21-17, 21-15	0:35
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	22-24, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 6-2
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool F	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	Hermannova/Slukova	22	22-20, 21-15	0:38
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Hermannova/Slukova	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	5	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:57
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Hermannova/Slukova	5	21-15, 21-18	0:39
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 3	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Hermannova/Slukova	5	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
6/24/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Gold Medal	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	5	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
5/19/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Bansley/Wilkerson	9	Hermannova/Slukova	4	21-14, 21-17	0:35
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	Hermannova/Slukova	4	21-16, 21-19	0:37
8/24/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	Hermannova/Slukova	6	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Echeverria/Martinez, Cuba 1-0
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Echeverria/Martinez	26	21-19, 16-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 1-0
7/27/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	Gallay/Pereyra	22	22-20, 21-12	0:39