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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(4) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Reis Castro - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Reis Castro - 33rd	Alemao Guerra - 33rd
2003	Benjamin Insfran - 3rd	Marcio Araujo - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	2	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	4	4th	378	US$16,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	3	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	4	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	4	5th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	4	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	1	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	3	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	2	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	2	3rd	640	US$30,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (29, Q7)	Won 28-30, 22-20, 15-13	1:12
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 3	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (5)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:52
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 4	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (17)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 5	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:37

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 %
2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$173,500.00	48	12	80.0 %
2004	FIVB	10	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$129,000.00	36	18	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	31	5	4	2	4	7	2	3	0	1	1	2	$402,825.00	141	43	76.6 %

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
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00
10	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	$64,500.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00
56	8	7	3	5	12	5	4	1	11	$286,162.50	Total	Total	51	8	7	4	5	13	4	2	1	7	$292,912.50

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%
2003-2004	57	72.2%	14	17.7%	8	10.1%	71-8	89.9%	10	33.3%	6	20.0%	14	46.7%	10-20	33.3%	57-14	80.3%	24-14	63.2%	3	2	84-30	73.7%
Against the Field	22	71.0%	5	16.1%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	6	37.5%	0	0.0%	10	62.5%	6-10	37.5%	44-18	71.0%	22-8	73.3%	0	1	33-14	70.2%

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 33-14 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-6
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-15, 21-15	0:37
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	Araujo/Insfran	3	21-19, 25-23	0:54
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-19, 21-12	0:46
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-18, 21-16	0:41
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Insfran	4	21-14, 21-16	0:32
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Araujo/Insfran	2	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	1	Rego/Santos	2	23-21, 21-19	0:54
9/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	4	Rego/Santos	1	21-15, 21-18	0:52
Series tied with # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-2
8/1/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	7	Araujo/Insfran	4	By Forfeit
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 4	Neto/Ramos	7	Araujo/Insfran	3	15-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:02
7/17/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	4	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	1:06
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Neto/Ramos	5	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 8-1
7/18/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	12-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:52
8/3/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	5	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-19, 21-15	0:52
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Araujo/Insfran	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	17	21-14, 21-16	0:43
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	20	21-16, 21-17	0:47
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	22-20, 21-18	0:45
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 # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 6-2
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Araujo/Insfran	4	24-22, 21-19	0:52
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	21-19, 21-17	0:51
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Araujo/Insfran	4	22-20, 21-18	0:47
6/6/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Insfran	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 21-15	0:41
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	21-16, 21-19	0:43
9/7/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	14-21, 21-19, 34-32	1:36
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	23-25, 21-13, 15-10	1:02
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Egger/Heyer	9	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Ferreira	12, Q1	Araujo/Insfran	1	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-14, 21-15	0:37
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 5	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 3-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	3	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	21-17, 21-16	0:50
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	21-14, 16-21, 15-10	1:03
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Insfran	4	Bosma/Garcia-Thompson	17	21-10, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 19-17	1:00
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Brink/Schneider	Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	21-9, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Leinemann/VanHuizen	29, Q10	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 26 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q19	21-15, 21-9	0:37
Lead the series against # 28 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	4	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	29, Q7	28-30, 22-20, 15-13	1:12