Marco Vasconcelos

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Marco Vasconcelos
Personal information
CountryPortugal
Born (1971-11-07) November 7, 1971 (age 52)
Funchal, Portugal
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's singles and doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Agros Mixed team
BWF profile

Marco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos (born 7 November 1971) is a male badminton player from Portugal. [1] Vasconcelos played a big role in helping the Portuguese team to win bronze at the Helvetia Cup in 2005.

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In his home country he won 15 titles at the Portuguese National Badminton Championships. Vasconcelos is currently coaching the Brazil national badminton team.

Career

Vasconcelos played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Richard Vaughan of Great Britain. He also competed in the men's singles at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, falling in the round of 64 on both occasions. [1]

Achievements

BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006 Iceland International Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Sahlberg 16–21, 21–18, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Fiji International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas Kidd Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Australia International Flag of New Zealand.svg John Moody 16–21, 22–20Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Iceland International Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Koukal 17–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990 Israel International Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Fernandes Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1995 Spanish International Flag of Portugal.svg Hugo Rodrigues Flag of Iceland.svg Broddi Kristjánsson
Flag of Iceland.svg Árni Þór Hallgrímson
Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2004 Italian International Flag of Portugal.svg Alexandre Paixão Flag of Denmark.svg Daniel Damgaard-Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Christopher Bruun Jensen
11–15, 14–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. 1 2 "Marco Vasconcelos". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-06-22.