Mark Heese

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

Career

Heese played its first FIVB tournaments in the years 1992 to 1995 with Mike and Frank Chaloupka Blasi. In 1996 he formed a new duo with his longtime partner John Child. The two Canadians reached several times third places at the Open tournaments and won the 1996 World Series tournament in Berlin. In the same year she took part in the Olympic tournament in Atlanta and won with a victory against the Portuguese Maia / Brenha bronze. In the 1997 World Series, they were just ninth as two years later in Marseille.

At the 2000 Olympics Child / Heese occupied for a quarter-final defeat against Brazil Zé Marco and Ricardo Santos fifth. In the first round of the 2001 World Championships in Klagenfurt they failed again in Maia / Brenha. 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, the blow came in the preliminary round. Successful was the third Olympic participation in 2004 in Athens. The Canadians reached the quarter- final, which they lost to the later silver medalist Bosma / Herrera in three sets. The World Cup 2005 in Berlin, they had to end it prematurely because of an injury after the kick-off defeat against Sweden Mountain / Svensson.

The rest of the year with Ahren Cadieux played Heese, who had previously been his partner already in individual tournaments. It first started on the side of Richard Van Huizen 2006, he returned to Cadieux. The duo retired at the 2007 World Championships in the first round against the Americans Gibb / Rosenthal from.

With its various partners Heese was a ten-time Canadian champion.