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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(3) Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 12, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

20

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

21

Career FIVB WT Wins:

20

Career Winnings:

US$1,041,687.50

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

24

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

56

Career FIVB WT Wins:

55

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	1	2	2	3	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	US$264,050.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - Country Quota	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2010	Ricardo Santos - 5th	Marcio Araujo - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	3	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	3	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	11, Q1	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	12, Q1	13th	180	US$4,250.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool C

Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (27)

Won 21-15, 19-21, 20-18

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	45	23	6	0.378	0	6	1	5
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	1	0	2
	2	17	7	4	0.176	0	3	0	2
	3	16	8	2	0.375	0	2	1	1
Ricardo Santos	Total	12	8	2	0.500	8	3	1	1
	1	4	3	1	0.500	3	1	1	1
	2	4	1	1	0.000	3	0	0	0
	3	4	4	0	1.000	2	2	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool C

Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (22)

Lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	39	19	7	0.308	0	8	0	4
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	4	0	3
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	1	0	0
	3	12	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	1
Ricardo Santos	Total	17	10	4	0.353	4	3	0	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	2	1	0	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	0	0
	3	4	2	2	0.000	2	0	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool C

Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (46)

Won 23-21, 17-21, 15-11

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	47	21	10	0.234	1	19	0	1
	1	21	10	3	0.333	1	10	0	0
	2	17	7	5	0.118	0	3	0	1
	3	9	4	2	0.222	0	6	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	28	11	5	0.214	2	6	0	0
	1	11	4	3	0.091	0	4	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	2	0	0	0
	3	11	4	1	0.273	0	2	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (45)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	25	16	3	0.520	0	9	3	4
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	7	3	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	2	0	3
Ricardo Santos	Total	9	6	3	0.333	4	0	0	1
	1	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	0	1
	2	6	4	2	0.333	3	0	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (36)

Won 22-20, 19-21, 23-21

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	42	26	7	0.452	0	11	1	3
	1	15	11	2	0.600	0	2	0	2
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	4	0	1
	3	14	7	3	0.286	0	5	1	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	29	17	4	0.448	5	6	0	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	0	2
	2	13	5	3	0.154	0	3	0	0
	3	11	8	1	0.636	3	2	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Winner 3

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (9)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	39	19	8	0.282	0	12	1	3
	1	19	8	4	0.211	0	4	1	1
	2	20	11	4	0.350	0	8	0	2
Ricardo Santos	Total	8	4	2	0.250	7	1	0	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	4	1	0	0
	2	3	1	1	0.000	3	0	0	0

Sat, 6/18/2011

Semi-Finals

Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (15)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	32	19	3	0.500	0	9	0	2
	1	18	9	3	0.333	0	4	0	2
	2	14	10	0	0.714	0	5	0	0
Ricardo Santos	Total	12	6	4	0.167	2	3	1	2
	1	7	5	2	0.429	2	2	1	0
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	0	1	0	2

Sun, 6/19/2011

Gold Medal

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	38	11	12	-0.026	1	13	1	2
	1	19	7	5	0.105	0	6	1	1
	2	19	4	7	-0.158	1	7	0	1
Ricardo Santos	Total	11	5	3	0.182	2	1	0	2
	1	8	3	3	0.000	0	1	0	2
	2	3	2	0	0.667	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	307	154	56	0.319	2	87	7	24
Ricardo Santos	126	67	27	0.317	34	23	2	9
Total	433	221	83	0.319	36	110	9	33
Opponents	480	226	99	0.265	29	100	13	47

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Ze Marco de Melo - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Jose Loiola - 2nd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Benjamin Insfran - 3rd	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 1st	Emanuel Rego - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 9th	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 5th	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Alvaro Filho - 2nd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	3	2nd	900	US$45,000.00

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Santos lead the series against the field 41-22 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-5
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 21-13	0:37
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	24-22, 10-21, 15-13	0:59
8/15/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	3	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	1:09
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	5	39-41, 21-19, 15-12	1:28
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Araujo/Santos	13	21-13, 15-21, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-5
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Araujo/Santos	3	21-16, 21-15	0:38
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Rego	2	Araujo/Santos	3	23-21, 21-23, 16-14	1:07
8/15/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:52
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Rego	3	Araujo/Santos	7	21-18, 24-22	0:47
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Cerutti/Rego	4	Araujo/Santos	13	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Araujo/Santos	3	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Santos	5	Klemperer/Koreng	19	21-14, 21-12	0:36
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-3
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Wu/Xu	10	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	10	Araujo/Santos	3	21-17, 14-21, 15-9	0:49
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Santos	3	Wu/Xu	4	21-19, 21-16	0:45
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 2-1
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	0:56
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Santos	3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:50
8/1/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Araujo/Santos	7	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 2-0
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:41
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt		21-14, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Gavira/Herrera	9	21-18, 21-17	0:40
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	4	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	30-28, 21-19	1:02
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-17, 11-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	7	Benes/Kubala	21	21-16, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Martino/Nicolai	29	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 3-1
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 21-16	0:40
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-17, 21-16	0:43
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	30-28, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	21-14, 21-15	0:38
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	13	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	16-21, 21-14, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-19, 23-21	0:43
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Santos	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-16, 20-22, 15-9	0:59
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	5	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:50
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	12, Q1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Erdmann/Matysik	21	21-18, 21-12	0:41
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Araujo/Santos	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-11, 31-29	0:49
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Araujo/Santos	13	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Boersma/Spijkers	22	Araujo/Santos	3	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Santos	3	Ces/Ces	18	23-21, 23-21	0:51
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool M	Araujo/Santos	13	Ces/Ces	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	1:02
Series tied with # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-15, 21-18	0:43
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	21-15, 19-21, 20-18	1:02
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:47
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	21-13, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool N	Araujo/Santos	5	Lario/Mesa	28, Q5	21-14, 21-18	0:47
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	7	Lario/Mesa	30, Q7	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:41
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Dollinger/Windscheif	36	22-20, 19-21, 23-21	1:08
Series tied with # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Araujo/Santos	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Araujo/Santos	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	45	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 46 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Redmann/Saxton	46	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:54