Richard VanHuizen

Richard VanHuizen
portrait
birthday	November 25, 1975
place of birth	Toronto, Canada
size	2.05 m
partner	2003–2004 Ahren Cadieux 2004–2005 Conrad Leinemann 2006 Mark Heese 2006–2008 Conrad Leinemann 2008 Ahren Cadieux 2009–2010 Christian Redmann 2011 Josh Binstock
(As of June 3, 2013)

Richard VanHuizen (born November 25, 1975 in Toronto ) is a Canadian beach volleyball player .

Career

VanHuizen played his first international tournament with Ahren Cadieux at the 2003 Grand Slam in Los Angeles . In 2004 he started with Conrad Leinemann before temporarily returning to Cadieux. At the 2005 World Cup, VanHuizen / Leinemann lost to the second German duo Dieckmann / Reckermann after a narrow win against Kröger / Rademacher and were eliminated in the fifth losing round against the Swiss Heyer / Laciga . They then finished ninth in the Paris Grand Slam and two open tournaments. After VanHuizen had been unsuccessful with Mark Heese in 2006 , he formed a duo for the third time with Leinemann, who finished seventh in 2007 in Shanghai . In the preliminary round of the World Cup in Gstaad , the Canadians failed to win a set against their competitors from Switzerland and Austria.

In 2008 VanHuizen and Cadieux finished fifth in Manama and Sanya . With his new partner Christian Redmann he won all preliminary round games at the World Cup in Stavanger before he failed in the second round to the Americans Jennings / Fuerbringer . Then the duo finished fifth in the Grand Slam in Moscow . In 2011 he played with Josh Binstock , but could not achieve any top placements.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)