WILKERSON Brandie

Beach Volleyball

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: LAUSANNE

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Place of residence : TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Beach Volleyball	Women CAN Bansley/Brandie	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool C #09 CAN Bansley/Brandie 1 CHN Wang/X.Y.Xia 2	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool C #21 CAN Bansley/Brandie 2 ARG Gallay/Pereyra 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool C #33 BRA Agatha/Duda 2 CAN Bansley/Brandie 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Round of 16 #42 CAN Bansley/Brandie 2 USA Claes/Sponcil 1	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Quarterfinal #48 LAT Graudina/Kravcenoka 2 CAN Bansley/Brandie 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Vienna, AUT
17	Women	2019	Hamburg, GER

World Tour - Tally of rank achieved per season since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	17th	19th-37th
2021	Women	-	-	-	-	3x	-	2x	2x	-
2020	Women	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Women	2x	-	2x	-	2x	-	2x	2x	-
2018	Women	1x	1x	2x	-	3x	-	1x	-	2x
2017	Women	-	-	-	-	2x	-	6x	-	-

World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	Women	Chetumal	Chetumal, MEX
1	2019	Women	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas, NV, USA
1	2018	Women	Warsaw	Warsaw, POL
2	2018	Women	Ostrava	Ostrava, CZE
3	2019	Women	Tokyo	Tokyo, JPN
3	2019	Women	Itapema	Itapema, BRA
3	2018	Women	Gstaad	Gstaad, SUI
3	2018	Women	Itapema	Itapema, BRA
5	2021	Women	Gstaad	Gstaad, SUI
5	2021	Women	Sochi	Sochi, RUS
5	2021	Women	Cancun	Cancun, MEX
5	2019	Women	Ostrava	Ostrava, CZE
5	2019	Women	Siming	Xiamen, CHN
5	2018	Women	World Tour Final	Hamburg, GER
5	2018	Women	Espinho	Espinho, POR
5	2018	Women	Huntington Beach, CA	Huntington Beach, CA, USA
5	2017	Women	World Championships	Vienna, AUT
5	2017	Women	The Hague	The Hague, NED

Music, art, photography, fashion. (Twitter profile, 10 Apr 2020; theshadowleague.com, 10 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Communications - York University, Toronto, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, French

Rico de Freitas [personal], BRA, from 2020

Position style:

Right side, blocker (hamburg2019.com, 06 Jun 2019)

Left (hamburg2019.com, 06 Jun 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Stephanie was an elite track and ironman athlete. Her father Herb Johnson Wilkerson played professional basketball and was the third-round pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1985 NBA draft. (forbes.com, 28 Aug 2019; volleyballmag.com, 21 Aug 2019; theshadowleague.com, 10 Aug 2019)

She began playing volleyball in high school, and took up beach volleyball in 2011. "I started playing volleyball pretty late, I was about 17, 18 years old." (forbes.com, 28 Aug 2019; volleyballmag.com, 21 Aug 2019; beachvolleyballspace.com, 01 Aug 2018)

"I played indoor volleyball in university and I had friends who played on the beach national team because the national training centre was so close to my school. In indoor, I didn't pass, I didn't set, just hitting and serving. And then I tried beach to be able to learn those skills that I was missing. My friends encouraged me to try out. And when I did, I really loved how challenging it was and kind of stuck to it. As opportunities came and accomplishments came I started setting the bar higher and higher." (theshadowleague.com, 10 Aug 2019; beachvolleyballspace.com, 01 Aug 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 23 Mar 2020)

Beach volleyball players Phil Dalhausser of the United States of America, and Bruno Schmidt of Brazil. (beachvolleyballspace.com, 01 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"Whatever I lack physically or even with experience, I try to make up for it 10 times more." (forbes.com, 28 Aug 2019)

She was named Best Blocker of the Year in 2018 by the International Volleyball Federation. (forbes.com, 28 Aug 2019)

General Interest

Previous teammates
Julie Gordon, Claudia Seguin (FIVB, 01 Jan 2020)

General
NEW COACH
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she and playing partner Heather Bansley began working with coach Rico de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after they were forced to spend time abroad in order to train in the correct conditions. While away from Canada, they also trained in Cancun, Mexico, and California, United States of America, before returning to competition at the March 2021 World Tour event in Doha, Qatar. "Rico's extremely professional and extremely knowledgeable, and I think he's still managed to challenge us and bring more tools to our game. And at such a high level, it's really hard to continue to grow and really just bring anything new to your game." (cbc.ca, 25 May 2021)

SWITZERLAND TO CANADA
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, she moved to Canada at age seven. "Coming in as an immigrant I didn't speak English so I was super shy. I would write tiny and not speak and walk around staring at the floor because I couldn't make eye contact. Being a tall girl is always awkward." (theshadowleague.com, 10 Aug 2019; olympic.ca, 30 Oct 2020)

PARTNERSHIP
She began playing alongside beach volleyball partner Heather Bansley in 2016. (FIVB, 01 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/wilkersonbrandie
https://instagram.com/bvuilleumier
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandie-wilkerson-a9167510b
https://twitter.com/BrandieWilks

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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