Chaim Schalk

In their Olympic debut at Rio 2016, Saxton and Schalk advanced to round 16. Taking ninth place in Men's Beach Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The two Albertans (Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton) teamed up near the end of the 2012 season, in part, because both were in favor of spending more time training in California with the top American teams. They won their first tournament together, at a NORCECA event in Chula Vista, cementing the partnership. Another early highlight was a fifth place finish at the 2013 World Championships in Stare Joblonki, Poland, for Canada’s best ever men's result at the global event, after defeating one of the top teams in the world, Latvia’s Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs. Saxton and Schalk went on to reach their first ever FIVB World Tour podium in 2014, claiming bronze at the Parana Open in Argentina. They closed the season with a victory at the NORCECA continental championship. Their 2015 season included podium finishes at the Yokohama and Olsztyn Grand Slam events. They reached a Major Series podium for the first time in July 2016, taking bronze in Porec, Croatia.

That all changed when Chaim made the Canadian Beach Volleyball National Team and competed on the FIVB World Tour in 2010.

Up until 2009, Chaim’s primary focus was indoor volleyball. He was a setter and an All-Canadian while playing for Trinity Western University; he also won two National Championships with Red Deer College.

Chaim Schalk (born April 23, 1986) is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Schalk placed ninth at the 2016 Summer Olympics.