Martin Reader

Martin Reader
portrait
birthday	May 2, 1984
place of birth	Comox, Canada
size	1.99 m
partner	2005 Brian John Hiebert 2006–2007 Jessi Lelliott 2008–2009 Ray Sewell 2009 Ahren Cadieux 2010–2011 Chaim Schalk 2012 Josh Binstock
successes
2010 - Canadian Champion 2012 - Olympic Participant
(As of June 5, 2013)

Martin J. Reader (born May 2, 1984 in Comox ) is a Canadian beach volleyball player .

Career

As a child, Reader was initially active in swimming . However, at the age of ten he had to stop swimming because he suffered from asthma . He began playing volleyball while at Camosun College in Victoria . He then played on the University of British Columbia team in the hall. His first major tournament as a beach volleyball player was the 2004 Junior World Championship in Porto Santo , where he finished 19th with James Alexander Mackay . The following year he formed a duo with Brian John Hiebert and completed his first open tournaments in the FIVB series. However, Reader / Hiebert did not get above 33rd place. After that, Reader played with Jessi Lelliott for two years . The duo achieved their best result in 2006 at the Open tournament in front of their home crowd in Montreal . After playing two smaller tournaments with Ben Saxton in early 2008 , Reader formed a duo with Ray Sewell . In two of the first four Open tournaments, the two Canadians came in 13th.

For the 2009 World Cup , Reader competed with Ahren Cadieux . In Stavanger , Reader / Cadieux reached the tiebreaker in every group game and still lost all three games, so that they were eliminated after the preliminary round. After the World Cup, the duo completed four grand slams and three open tournaments. The best result was 17th place in Marseille . In 2010 and 2011 Reader played with Chaim Schalk . The new duo became Canadian champions in 2010 and won a NORCECA tournament in 2011 . Reader then had to pause due to a back injury.

In 2012 he returned alongside Josh Binstock . Reader / Binstock finished ninth at the Mysłowice Open and competed in various Grand Slams. By winning the Continental Cup, they secured Canada a starting place at the Summer Olympics in London , which they were able to take themselves through a success in the national duel against Ben Saxton and Christian Redmann . At the Olympic tournament, the two Canadians won their opening game against England's Grotowski / Garcia-Thompson . After two defeats, they qualified third in the group for the lucky loser round. There they were defeated by the Italians Nicolai / Lupo and were eliminated.

After the tournament, Reader ended his sporting career. Since then he has worked as a personal trainer in Toronto and is involved in the organization of beach volleyball events.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Personal Blog (English)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Martin Reader in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Martin Reader, Passion ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (English) 
2. ↑ Martin Reader: A leap of faith. January 21, 2013, accessed June 5, 2013 . 
3. ^ Martin Reader announces his retirement. (No longer available online.) Volleyball Canada January 23, 2013, archived from the original September 6, 2015 ; accessed on June 5, 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.  
4. ↑ Martin Reader, Vision ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (English)