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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  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 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.

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

Career

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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

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

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2006 Iceland International Sweden Magnus Sahlberg 16–21, 21–18, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Fiji International Australia Nicholas Kidd 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Australia International New Zealand John Moody 16–21, 22–20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Iceland International Czech Republic Petr Koukal 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1990 Israel International Portugal Ricardo Fernandes 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1995 Spanish International Portugal Hugo Rodrigues Iceland Broddi Kristjánsson
Iceland Árni Þór Hallgrímson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Italian International Portugal Alexandre Paixão Denmark Daniel Damgaard-Pedersen
Denmark Christopher Bruun Jensen
11–15, 14–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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