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{{short description|Canadian beach volleyball player (born 1969)}}
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| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|August 15, 1969}}
| birth_place      = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| weight = {{convert|187|lbs|kg|abbr=on}}
| college          = [[McMaster University]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[beach volleyball]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
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'''Mark Heese''' (born August 15, 1969) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] male [[beach volleyball]] player.

Born in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Heese began playing beach volleyball at the age of 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of [[McMaster University]] where he played [[U Sports men's volleyball|university volleyball]] for the [[McMaster Marauders|Marauders]] for four seasons from 1988 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aurorashof.ca/inductee/mark-heese/|title=Mark Heese, Volleyball, athlete|publisher=Aurora Sports Hall of Fame|year=2015|access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> Heese is a three-time Olympian, which included the winning of a bronze medal in Atlanta during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] with partner [[John Child (beach volleyball)|John Child]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Paul |title=Hosers from north get bronze on beach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard/170664198/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |publisher=[[Kingston Whig-Standard]] |date=29 July 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shephard |first1=Tamara |title=Olympian insprires students to follow their dreams |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/etobicoke-guardian/170664520/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |publisher=[[Etobicoke Guardian]] |date=16 March 2001}}</ref> Heese and Child also finished in 5th place during both the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]].  He also is a ten-time Canadian National champion winning with John Child (7), Rich Van Huzien (1) and Ahren Cadieux (2).

On July 7, 1996 in Berlin, Germany, Heese along with his partner Child won their first FIVB International Open tournament by defeating Para and Marques of Brazil.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607193447/http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=57 Profile] at the [[Beach Volleyball Database]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150801133755/http://heese-cadieux.com/ Heese and partner Ahren Cadieux's website]

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| before = ''Inaugural''
| title = [[Swatch FIVB World Tour|Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Inspirational"]]
| years = 2005
| after = {{flagathlete|[[Franco Neto]] | BRA}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian men's beach volleyball players]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in beach volleyball]]
[[Category:McMaster University alumni]]
[[Category:McMaster Marauders volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Toronto]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]


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