Chaim Schalk - USA Volleyball

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Beach National Team

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Height

6-5

College

Red Deer College/Trinity Western '08

Hometown

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

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CareerTimeline

Most Notable

Currently partnered with Tri Bourne
Started his career playing for Canada, but debuted internationally as a Team USA athlete in 2019
Has dual USA-Canadian citizenship through his mother
Former partners include: Theo Brunner (2021-22); Chase Budinger (2020); Jeremy Casebeer (2019); Ben Saxton (2012-17)
Has won five medals on the FIVB tour
All-Canadian as a setter for the Trinity Western University indoor team
Won two national championships with Red Deer College indoor team

Events

2023 BPT Chiang Mai Challenge - T19th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Haikou Challenge - 4th with Tri Bourne
2023 FIVB Beach World Championship - T37th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Elite 16 Paris - T21st with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Elite 16 Montreal - T21st with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Edmonton Challenge - T9th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Espinho Challenge - T5th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Jurmala Challenge - T5th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Elite 16 Uberlandia - T5th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Challenge Itapema - T5th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Elite 16 Tepic - T13th with Tri Bourne
2023 BPT Challenge La Paz - T19th with Tri Bourne
2022 NORCECA Beach Tour Final - Bronze with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT World Championship - 4th with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT Jurmala Elite 16 - T5th with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT Ostrava Elite 16 - T13th with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT Itapema Challenge - T5th with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT Rosarito Elite 16 - T9th with Theo Brunner
2022 BPT Tlaxcala Challenge - T9th with Theo Brunner
2021 FIVB Itapema - T9th with Theo Brunner
2021 FIVB Rubavu - Gold with Theo Brunner
2021 FIVB Cancun 1- T9th with Theo Brunner
2021 AVP Atlanta - Silver with Theo Brunner
2019 NORCECA Dominican Republic - Gold with Jeremy Casebeer
2019 NORCECA Jamaica - Bronze with Jeremy Casebeer
2016 Olympic Games - T9th with partner Ben Saxton (for Canada)

Personal Highlights

Born in 1986
Married to beach player Lane Carico, one daughter, Koa
Has had dual citizenship from birth through his mother
Second youngest of five brothers, all who played volleyball
Started playing indoor volleyball at 12; later asked his father to build the family a beach court in the backyard

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On choosing to play for the United States after being a Canadian Olympian“I was weighing a ton of pros and cons. Do I pick up another partner in Canada? Or do I switch to the U.S., focus on the AVP for a little while and then play FIVB?" “Looking at the two systems in terms of support, there was a pretty obvious advantage in the U.S.”

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