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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| Country | Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 7, 1971 Funchal, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's singles and doubles | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
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 edit
BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up) edit
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2006 | Iceland International |  Magnus Sahlberg
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16–21, 21–18, 11–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2007 | Fiji International |  Nicholas Kidd
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 Winner
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| 2007 | Australia International |  John Moody
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16–21, 22–20 | Runner-up
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| 2007 | Iceland International |  Petr Koukal
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17–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1990 | Israel International |  Ricardo Fernandes
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Winner
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| 1995 | Spanish International | Hugo Rodrigues
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 Broddi Kristjánsson Árni Þór Hallgrímson
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Runner-up
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| 2004 | Italian International | Alexandre Paixão
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 Daniel Damgaard-Pedersen Christopher Bruun Jensen
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11–15, 14–17 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ a b "Marco Vasconcelos". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
External links edit
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