Marco Vasconcelos
{{short description|Portuguese badminton player}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|7}}
| birth_place = Funchal, Portugal
| height = 171 cm
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| event = Men's singles and doubles
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| country = Portugal
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| handedness = Right
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{{MedalCompetition|Helvetia Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Agros|Mixed team}}
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Marco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos (born 7 November 1971) is a male badminton player from Portugal.{{cite web|title=Marco Vasconcelos|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/marco-vasconcelos-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/marco-vasconcelos-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2010-06-22}} 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
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.
Achievements
= BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up) =
Men's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Year !Tournament !Opponent !Score !Result |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" |2006 | align="left" |Iceland International | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Sahlberg | align="left" |16–21, 21–18, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#E9E9E9"
| align="center" |2007 | align="left" |Fiji International | align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Nicholas Kidd | align="left" | | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{Gold1}} Winner |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" |2007 | align="left" |Australia International | align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} John Moody | align="left" |16–21, 22–20 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" |2007 | align="left" |Iceland International | align="left" |{{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Koukal | align="left" |17–21, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{silver2}} Runner-up |
Men's doubles
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!Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponent !Score !Result |
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| align="center" |1990 | align="left" |Israel International |{{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo Fernandes | align="left" | | align="left" | | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{Gold1}} Winner |
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| align="center" |1995 | align="left" |Spanish International |{{flagicon|POR}} Hugo Rodrigues | align="left" |{{flagicon|ISL}} Broddi Kristjánsson | align="left" | | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{Silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" |2004 | align="left" |Italian International | align="left" |{{flagicon|POR}} Alexandre Paixão | align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} Daniel Damgaard-Pedersen | align="left" |11–15, 14–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{silver2}} Runner-up |
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament
: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament
References
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Category:Portuguese male badminton players
Category:Olympic badminton players for Portugal
Category:Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
External links
- [https://olympics.com/en/athletes/marco-vasconcelos-1 Marco Vasconcelos on olympics.com]
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