Marcio Cerquinho | |
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Born | June 16, 1980 |
Curling career ![]() | |
Member Association | ![]() |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 3 (2017, 2018, 2019) |
Other appearances | World Mixed Curling Championship: 1 (2016) |
Marcio Leite Cerquinho [1] (born June 16, 1980, in Manaus) is a former Brazilian curler [2] and curling coach. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual interference involving an 11 year old girl, while living in New Westminster, British Columbia. [3]
In 2017 and 2018, Cerquinho participated in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, placing 28th in 2017 and 17th in 2018. [2] In 2016 and 2017, he participated in the Brazilian Mixed Doubles Championship, where he took second place and first place on both occasions. [2]
Cerquinho also participated in the 2018 Americas Challenge (January) where the Brazilian Curling Team played against Glenn Howard's in a best-of-five series that occurred parallel to the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling.
Cerquinho and his partner Aline Santos missed a spot in the playoffs of the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship losing on the LSD (Last Stone Draw) to Finland by 2.48 cm. [4]
Cerquinho and partner Luciana Barrella placed 26th at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
When he was working as a curling coach, Cerquinho was charged in 2021 with child sex crimes for an incident in New Westminster, British Columbia. At the time, Cerquinho denied any wrongdoing. [5] Cerquinho later pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual interference with [6] an 11 year old girl and two other victims. [3]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2016–17 | Marcelo Mello | Marcio Cerquinho | Scott McMullan | Filipe Nunes | Sérgio Mitsuo Vilela | Robbie Gallaugher | 2017 AC ![]() |
2017–18 | Marcelo Mello | Scott McMullan | Marcio Cerquinho | Filipe Nunes | Sérgio Mitsuo Vilela | 2018 AC(J) ![]() |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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2016–17 | Raphael Monticello | Alessandra Barros | Marcio Cerquinho | Luciana Barrella | WMxCC 2016 (33rd) |
Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
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2016–17 | Marcio Cerquinho | Anne Shibuya | Karen Watson | BMDCC 2016 ![]() WMDCC 2017 (28th) |
2017–18 | Marcio Cerquinho | Aline Lima (Gonçalves) | Wade Scoffin (WMDCC) | BMDCC 2017 ![]() WMDCC 2018 (17th) |
2018–19 | Marcio Cerquinho | Luciana Barrella | Wade Scoffin | WMDCC 2019 (26th) |
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | ![]() | 24 |
2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ![]() ![]() | (mixed doubles) [13] | 25 |
2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ![]() ![]() | (mixed doubles) [13] | 25 |
Cerquinho is a Software developer. He was employed at the Vancouver Curling Club until October 2019.
He also built the first 3 sheet Curling Rink in Latin America, located in São Paulo in March 2020 called Arena Ice Brasil.[ citation needed ]