Mark Heese is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

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Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University

McMaster University

McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

. Partnered with John Child

John Child (athlete)

John Child is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player.Child began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mark Heese.Child lives in Toronto, Ontario...

, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta (1996), 5th in Sydney (2000) and 5th in Athens (2004). He also is a ten time Canadian National champion winning with John Child (8), Rich Van Huzien (1) and Ahren Cadieux (1).

July 7, 1996 in Berlin Germany, Heese along with partner John Child won their first FIVB international Open tournament by defeating Para and Marques of Brasil

Stats

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Weight:	187 lbs

External links

• Heese and partner Ahren Cadieux's Website