Márcio Wenceslau Ferreira (born March 20, 1980, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian taekwondo practitioner.[1] He qualified for the men's flyweight category (58 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, when he won a silver medal for his host nation at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing out to Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic in the final match.[2] He also added the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, after being defeated by Mexico's Damian Villa in the semi-final round. He is the brother of Marcel Ferreira, who also competed for the same category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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| Full name | Márcio Wenceslau Ferreira | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1980 São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 58 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Wenceslau defeated Iran's Reza Naderian by hitting a frontal blow in the first preliminary round match, with a score of 2–1. He reached the quarterfinal round, before losing to world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain, by a defensive kick in the first two periods, with a decisive score of 2–3.[3]
References
External links
- Profile – UOL (2008 Olympic Games) (in Portuguese)
- Márcio Wenceslau at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile