Mark Heese

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Mark Heese Volleyball (beach)
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birthday 15th August 1969
place of birth Toronto, Canada
size 1.84 m
partner 1995–2005 John Child
2005, 2006–2008 Ahren Cadieux
2006 Richard van Huizen
successes
1996 - Olympic bronze
ten-time Canadian champion
(As of July 20, 2011)

Mark Heese (born August 15, 1969 in Toronto ) is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player .

Career

Heese played his first FIVB tournaments between 1992 and 1995 with Mike Chaloupka and Frank Blasi . In 1996 he formed a new duo with his long-time partner John Child . The two Canadians achieved third places in the open tournaments several times and won the 1996 world series tournament in Berlin . In the same year they took part in the Olympic tournament in Atlanta and won bronze with a win against the Portuguese Maia / Brenha . They finished ninth at the 1997 World Cup as well as two years later in Marseille .

At the 2000 Olympic Games , Child / Heese finished fifth after a quarter-final defeat against Brazilians Zé Marco and Ricardo Santos . In the first main round of the 2001 World Cup in Klagenfurt they failed again due to Maia / Brenha. 2003 in Rio de Janeiro the end came in the preliminary round. The third Olympic participation in 2004 in Athens was more successful . The Canadians reached the quarter-finals, which they lost in three sets against the later silver medalists Bosma / Herrera . The 2005 World Cup in Berlin they had after the opening loss to Sweden Mountain / Svensson because of an injury prematurely terminate.

Heese played the rest of the year with Ahren Cadieux , who had previously been his partner in individual tournaments. After initially working alongside Richard van Huizen in 2006 , he returned to Cadieux. The duo was eliminated from the 2007 World Cup in the first main round against the Americans Gibb / Rosenthal .

With his various partners, Heese was a total of ten Canadian champions.

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personal data
SURNAME Heese, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada