Márcio Araújo

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo ( born October 12, 1973 in Fortaleza, Brazil) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, world champion and silver medalist at the Olympic Games.

Career

In 1996, Márcio Araújo his beach volleyball career. Until 1998, he formed a team with rice Castro, the two reached a best finish a 17th place. Things went better in 1999 with the new partner Benjamin, the two won their first FIVB equal to C & S tournament in Cagliari. This title was followed up in 2004 with seven hits World Tour tournaments and winning the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in their home country in Rio de Janeiro.

With Fabio Luiz Magalhaes began an even more successful cooperation Araújo. He was voted the best defender and over the next three years the best setter of FIVB Beach Series 2005. In the years 2005 and 2006, Araújo and Fábio Luiz stood at seven events on the top podium place at 28 events reached the two Brazilians nineteen times the semi-finals, while there were seventeen times a medal. The highlight was winning the 2005 World Championships in Berlin. There, they won the South Americans after the defeat in their opening game of nine games in a row.

This success they could at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 not repeat all, after winning the semi-final against their compatriots Ricardo Santos / Emanuel Rego lost Araújo / Magalhães the final against the Americans Rogers / Dalhausser and picked silver. The following year no longer was so successful for the two Brazilians. Had they not at least have won a FIVB tournament in 2007 and 2008 three, there were in 2009 for best placement of a third place in Brasília.

2010

Márcio Araújo 2010 starts with Ricardo Santos. After a successful start with a fifth place it took until the tournament in Switzerland before Araújo and Santos together were able to win a medal for the first time. After a three-set defeat against the Germans Koreng / Klemperer, the two Brazilians were victorious in the match for third place clearly 2-0. Having dispensed in Marseille for a start, reached the two South Americans in the following four events each the semifinals. While they lost in Austria and Norway, the last two games and finished fourth, they decided at the Mazuri Grand Slam after losing in the semifinals the match for third place against Klemperer and Koreng for themselves. Even better, it ran for Márcio Araújo and Ricardo at the Åland Open, where they were defeated in the final by only Rogers and Dalhausser.

2011

In the capital of their homeland Márcio Araújo and Ricardo finished fourth in Prague, she finished fifth, while they failed bein Grand Slam in Beijing at the hitherto reigning World Champions Brink and Recker man in the second round. At the World Championships 2011 in Rome Araújo and Santos won their pool despite a defeat against the Dutch Boersma E. / Spijkers, as they had won the game against Redmann / Saxton from Canada and the direct comparison against the tied Swiss Gabathuler / Schnider in their favor could decide. In the first round the Brazilians a 2-0 victory over the Poles Kadziola / Szalankiewicz, in the second round they sat extremely scarce in three sets against the Germans Dollinger / Windscheif by and in the quarterfinals lost the Spaniards Herrera / Gavira against the South Americans with 0: 2 sets. The Latvians Plavins / Smedins were defeated in the semifinals with 22:20 and 21:16 Márcio Araújo and Ricardo, the long-time partner Santos ' Emanuel Rego and his new team-mate Alison subject until the endgame. Thus Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo has a complete set of medals of the Beach Volleyball World Championships. Since the end of July Márcio Araújo plays back together with his former partner Benjamin Insfran, winning the Åland Open.

2012

This season, Márcio Araújo and Pedro formed a Beachduo. At the opening tournament in their home country, the two Brazilians occupied ninth place. Things went better in Myslowice by reaching the Endapiels and in Shanghai, where the South Americans won the bronze medal. According to a ninth place in Beijing, the semi-finals in Prague and two other ninth places in Moscow and Rome Márcio Araújo and Pedro failed in Gstaad in the Country Quota at Pedros last term partner Ferramenta and Thiago. In Berlin Araújo and Salgado were fifth. In Austria they reached their second final in 2012, they lost to the Dutch Nummerdor / Schuil. At the end of the year occupied the South Americans in the 25th place in Poland. Then finished Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo his international career.

Private

Márcio Araújo has a sister Luiza Helena and two brothers Carlos Andre and Fábio. He is married to Renata and has a daughter Mirela. His mother works for the government, his father is in the theater.