Ben Saxton

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Ben Saxton Volleyball (beach)
portrait
birthday November 21, 1988
place of birth Calgary, Canada
size 2.00 m
partner 2004–2006 Will Pasieka
2007 Mark Ellingson
2008–2010 Jessi Lelliott
2008 Martin Reader
2010 Steve Marshall
2011–2012 Christian Redmann
2013–2017 Chaim Schalk
since 2017 Grant O'Gorman
World ranking Position 99
successes
2004 - Canadian champion U16
2004 - Canadian runner-up U18
2005 - Canadian runner-up U18
2011 - NORCECA runner-up in
2013 - Fifth in
2015 - Second FIVB Grand Slam Yokohama
2015 - Third FIVB Grand Slam Olsztyn
2016 - Third FIVB Major Poreĉ
2016 - Third FIVB Major Klagenfurt
2016 - Olympic ninth
2017 - World Cup fifth
2017 - Winner FIVB 2-star Sydney
(As of December 30, 2017)

Ben Saxton (born November 21, 1988 in Calgary ) is a Canadian beach volleyball player .

Career

Saxton played volleyball and beach volleyball in his hometown at Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club as a teenager . At the side of Will Pasieka he was Canadian U16 champion in 2004 and Canadian U18 runner-up in 2004 and 2005. Saxton / Pasieka also took part in the U19 World Championships in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 Saxton took part in the first international tournaments with Mark Ellingson . After Saxton had played two smaller tournaments with Martin Reader in 2008, he started with Jessi Lelliott and in 2010 with Steve Marshall on the FIVB World Tour , albeit with little success. Even with Christian Redmann there was no top ten placement on the FIVB World Tour, but Redmann / Saxton won the silver medal at the 2011 NORCECA championship in Mexico. Since 2013, Saxton has been playing more successfully alongside Chaim Schalk . At the World Cup in Stare Jabłonki , Saxton / Schalk made it to the quarter-finals. Here, however, they had to admit defeat to the Brazilians Alison / Emanuel and finished fifth. In 2015 and 2016 Saxton / Schalk had several podium placements on the FIVB World Tour. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , the Canadians finished ninth. In 2017 they reached fifth place at the World Cup in Vienna .

Saxton has been playing alongside Grant O'Gorman since the end of 2017 . At their first joint tournament on the FIVB World Tour in Sydney , the Canadians took first place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIVB world rankings (as of December 18, 2017)
  2. ^ Wall of Fame - Club Championships. (No longer available online.) Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club, archived from the original on October 29, 2014 ; Retrieved July 9, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / volleydome.net
  3. ↑ Annika Schultz: "I wanted to win!" beach-volleyball.de, December 29, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Saxton, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Canada