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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
October 1 - 6, 2002

(2) Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 12, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,041,687.50

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2005
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	50	8	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$621,925.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,000.00
Overall	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$625,925.00

Previous Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Reis Castro - 17th	Did not play
1997	Reis Castro - 37th	Toninho Urbanski - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	4	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	2	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	6	4th	280	US$12,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	5, Q1	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	2	5th	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	5, Q5	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	2, Q10	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	25, Q23	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q16	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	Q2	33rd	28	US$0.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool B	Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (18)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:39
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool B	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (15)	Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:11
Fri, 10/4/2002	Pool B	Lula Barbosa / Adriano Garrido, Brazil (31, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:41
Fri, 10/4/2002	Winner 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (16)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:32
Fri, 10/4/2002	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (10)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:42
Sat, 10/5/2002	Semi-Finals	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Juca Dultra, Brazil (22, Q2)	Won 21-10, 21-0 Retired	0:20
Sun, 10/6/2002	Gold Medal	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (5)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:59

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	2	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	$191,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	6	7	2	3	5	3	2	1	2	1	0	$400,325.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	0	$625,925.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcio Araujo												Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$83,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00
57	6	3	5	4	9	15	2	4	0	$386,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00
104	13	14	10	10	19	13	8	3	0	$569,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
170	21	19	16	14	29	30	11	7	0	$1,041,687.50	Total	152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	$100,325.00	56	11	83.6 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	$100,325.00	57	13	81.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcio Araujo													Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1996	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50
36	4	6	1	2	5	3	3	1	11	$134,912.50	Total	Total	29	4	6	1	2	5	2	1	1	7	$131,162.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	116	77.9%	20	13.4%	13	8.7%	136-13	91.3%	17	33.3%	8	15.7%	26	51.0%	17-34	33.3%	116-26	81.7%	37-21	63.8%	6	5	159-52	75.4%
2001-2002	45	84.9%	5	9.4%	3	5.7%	50-3	94.3%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	45-6	88.2%	10-4	71.4%	2	3	57-13	81.4%
Against the Field	47	75.8%	10	16.1%	5	8.1%	57-5	91.9%	7	25.9%	4	14.8%	16	59.3%	7-20	25.9%	94-22	81.0%	34-18	65.4%	2	3	66-23	74.2%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	19	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	44	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	9	3	31	5	0	0	40	10	8	3	1	2	4	4	107	33
Total	6	0	9	3	56	10	0	0	62	18	10	6	2	4	6	4	159	52

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Insfran lead the series against the field 32-6 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
9/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	4	Rego/Santos	1	21-15, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 3 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 2-0
7/10/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ferreira/Marques		21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:55
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Ferreira/Marques		18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Series tied with # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
7/28/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Baracetti/Conde	2	21-18, 33-31	0:59
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	3	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	21-14, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 2-1
10/6/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	2	Metzger/Wong	5	22-20, 21-17	0:59
7/28/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Metzger/Wong	9	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:05
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Metzger/Wong	5	21-19, 16-21, 17-15	1:07
Series tied with # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
9/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Laciga/Laciga	7	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-17, 27-25	0:54
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Laciga/Laciga	12	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Holden/Leinemann	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-23, 21-8, 15-0 Retired	0:44
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 21-16	0:46
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Series tied with # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
8/4/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Araujo/Insfran	6	21-18, 21-14	0:43
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-13, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 9 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Schacht/Slack	14	21-17, 21-14	0:42
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Schacht/Slack	21	21-15, 20-22, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-18, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 3-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Araujo/Insfran	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	24-22, 21-12	0:47
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-18	0:54
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	18	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 2-0
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Ahmann/Hager	32	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	21-14, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 1-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Lopes/Neto	15	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:11
Lead the series against # 16 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	16	21-13, 21-11	0:32
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	21-23, 23-21, 15-7	0:59
Lead the series against # 18 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	18	21-11, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 2-0
10/5/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	2	Bellaguarda/Dultra	22, Q2	21-10, 21-0 Retired	0:20
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	Q16	Bellaguarda/Dultra		21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Moreira/Silva, Brazil 3-0
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Moreira/Silva		21-19, 23-21	0:47
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Moreira/Silva		21-19, 21-19	0:51
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	Q16	Moreira/Silva		21-17, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 2-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Araujo/Insfran	4	Kogel/Mulder	29	21-18, 25-23	1:04
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Kogel/Mulder	Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 31, Q8 Barbosa/Garrido, Brazil 1-0
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Barbosa/Garrido	31, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # Q2 Klepper/Toscano, Brazil 0-1
11/28/01	FIVB	Brazil Open		Klepper/Toscano	30, Q6	Araujo/Insfran	Q2	By Forfeit