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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(2) Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 12, 1973 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Resides:

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 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Resides:

Fortaleza

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

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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	4	4	378	US$16,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	3	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	4	1	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	4	5	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	4	4	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	1	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	3	3	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	2	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	2	3	640	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	2	5	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	5	1	300	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	5	1	520	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	2	4	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	1	9	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	1	17	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	1	5	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	1	1	300	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	1	2	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	2	1	300	US$22,500.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	4	2	270	US$15,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool B

Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (23)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	19	12	0	0.632	0	12	1	4
	1	19	12	0	0.632	0	12	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Benjamin Insfran	Total	22	17	0	0.773	1	3	1	1
	1	22	17	0	0.773	1	3	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool B

Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (14)

Won 23-21, 22-20

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	28	16	0	0.571	0	8	0	6
	1	28	16	0	0.571	0	8	0	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Benjamin Insfran	Total	31	17	0	0.548	0	10	0	1
	1	31	17	0	0.548	0	10	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool B

Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11)

Lost 20-22, 17-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	2	5
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	2	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Benjamin Insfran	Total	38	19	0	0.500	3	3	0	1
	1	38	19	0	0.500	3	3	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2004

Winner 1

Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 12-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	Total	44	24	0	0.545	0	6	2	3
	1	44	24	0	0.545	0	6	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Benjamin Insfran	Total	17	11	0	0.647	3	6	0	2
	1	17	11	0	0.647	3	6	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marcio Araujo	98	57	0	0.582	0	32	5	18
Benjamin Insfran	108	64	0	0.593	7	22	1	5

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Benjamin Insfran - 3rd	Marcio Araujo - 3rd
2005	Berlin	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 1st	Harley Marques - 9th
2007	Gstaad	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 9th	Did not play
2008	Beijing	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 2nd	Did not play
2009	Stavanger	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes - 5th	Did not play
2011	Rome	Ricardo Santos - 2nd	Bruno Schmidt - 9th

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Insfran lead the series against the field 65-28

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-5
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
Lead the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 4-2
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:07
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Insfran	4	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	1:03
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	2	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-14, 22-20	0:44
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5	Laciga/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-13	0:44
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 # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 6-1
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 # 5 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 # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-10, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 4-3
7/17/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	4	Baracetti/Conde	5	21-18, 21-19	0:42
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Baracetti/Conde	5	29-31, 21-19, 15-13	1:28
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	14	Araujo/Insfran	4	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:19
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	7	Araujo/Insfran	1	24-22, 21-17	0:50
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Baracetti/Conde	4	21-17, 21-18	0:49
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 # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 2-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:40
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 3-3
6/6/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	Araujo/Insfran	3	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	0:55
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	24-22, 21-10	0:48
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Araujo/Insfran	2	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:00
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
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-4
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Araujo/Insfran	2	22-20, 21-17	0:48
8/1/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Araujo/Insfran	4	By Forfeit
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Araujo/Insfran	1	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:58
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	Araujo/Insfran	1	21-16, 14-21, 15-10	0:56
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
Trail the series against # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/18/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Metzger	15	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 7-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	3	Schacht/Slack	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:08
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Schacht/Slack	15	By Forfeit
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Schacht/Slack	16	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	17	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	1:02
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	16	21-16, 21-13	0:42
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Schacht/Slack	16	21-19, 21-16	0:45
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 # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 3-2
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Alvarez/Rossell	14	23-21, 22-20	0:54
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5	Alvarez/Rossell	14	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	By Forfeit
7/20/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-16, 21-16	0:42
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	Araujo/Insfran	Q16	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Bosma/Herrera	13	21-11, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 3-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	3	Berg/Dahl	19	21-7, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	15	21-17, 21-19	0:48
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Berg/Dahl	18	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-3
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Prosser/Williams	23	Araujo/Insfran	2	23-21, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 19-21, 22-20	1:21
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Araujo/Insfran	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
10/19/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Insfran	2	Brenha/Maia	13	By Forfeit
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 4-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	17	By Forfeit
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	5	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	6	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Gartmayer/Nowotny	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 4-0
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Canet/Hamel	23	21-13, 21-14	0:43
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	4	Canet/Hamel	28, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:38
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Canet/Hamel	22	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Canet/Hamel	18	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 4-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	18	21-16, 21-17	0:51
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	1:03
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-15	0:42
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-18, 21-13	0:42