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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Volksbank
August 2 - 7, 2011

(5) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Benjamin Insfran - 13th	Marcio Araujo - 13th
2002	Benjamin Insfran - 4th	Marcio Araujo - 4th
2003	Benjamin Insfran - 1st	Marcio Araujo - 1st
2004	Benjamin Insfran - 4th	Marcio Araujo - 4th
2005	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 3rd	Harley Marques - 9th
2006	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 4th	Bruno de Paula - Country Quota
2008	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 9th	Franco Neto - 9th
2009	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 5th	Pedro Solberg - 5th
2010	Ricardo Santos - 4th	Bruno Schmidt - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2011	Pool N	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (28, Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:35
Thu, 8/4/2011	Pool N	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (21)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:40
Fri, 8/5/2011	Pool N	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (12)	Won 21-11, 22-20	0:44
Sat, 8/6/2011	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:43

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 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	33	5	4	2	4	7	2	5	0	1	1	2	$418,825.00	146	47	75.6 %

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
14	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$145,350.00	2005	FIVB	14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00
14	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	$149,500.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00
15	3	1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	$135,450.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	$8,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
15	1	1	0	2	3	3	4	1	0	$57,350.00	2008	FIVB	17	1	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	5	$58,850.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	$34,650.00	2009	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	3	$51,250.00
11	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	$61,025.00	2010	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$58,650.00
9	1	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	$77,000.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$34,450.00
145	20	17	15	13	27	23	10	3	17	$946,487.50	Total	Total	139	12	10	10	8	36	23	10	3	27	$647,087.50

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%
2010-2011	14	82.4%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	14-6	70.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	0	18-9	66.7%
Against the Field	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	26-10	72.2%	4-4	50.0%	1	0	16-7	69.6%

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 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Araujo/Insfran	5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Araujo/Insfran	5	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Insfran	5	Klemperer/Koreng	12	21-11, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	Araujo/Insfran	5	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 21 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Insfran	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-15, 23-21	0:40
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Araujo/Insfran	5	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Insfran	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q10	21-17, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 31 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Insfran	5	Hoyer/Soderberg	28	21-19, 21-12	0:42