Marcos Freitas
Marcos Freitas 
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 Portugal
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| Date of birth: | April 8, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Funchal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | left handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How to play: | Shakehand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world rankings : | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best world ranking : | 7 (November 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current continental ranking position: | 4 (Feb. 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last update of the infobox: March 11, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marcos Freitas (* 8. April 1988 in Funchal ) is a Portuguese table tennis - national team . He was European champion in doubles in 2011 and in the team in 2014 and qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in 2008 , 2012 and 2016 . In 2015 he won silver in the individual competition at the European Championships .
Career
Marcos Freitas was one of the best players in Europe in his youth. He won six titles at European Youth Championships: singles in 2002 and 2006, doubles in 2003 (with Antonin Schwarzer, CZE), 2004 (with Tiago Apolónia ) and 2005 (with Tomislav Kolarek, HRV) and in mixed 2005 (with Daniela Dodean , ROU).
At the European Adult Championships Marcos Freitas reached the semi-finals in doubles with Tiago Apolónia in 2008 . In the same year he qualified for participation in the individual competition of the Summer Olympics . In 2011 he became European champion in doubles with Andrej Gaćina . He also took part in the Summer Olympics in 2012 , in 2014 he won the DHS Europe Cup and the European Team Championships , the ranking tournament Europe TOP-16 and in 2015 he came second at the European Championships .
Since 2004 (until 2017) he was represented at all fourteen table tennis world championships , in singles and doubles he reached the round of 16 several times. With the team, his first result was 34th place, which has been continuously improved over the years. In 2014 and 2016 , the team made it to the quarter-finals. At the 2016 Olympic Games he reached the quarter-finals in the individual, but in the team competition the Portuguese team was eliminated in the first round against the reigning European champions Austria .
societies
Marcos Freitas played from 1994 to 2003 with the Portuguese club Grupo Desportivo do Estreito, then until 2006 with the Clube Desportivo de São Roque. In 2006 he moved to the German Bundesliga for TTC Jülich , joined the Borussia Düsseldorf club in 2008 and won the German championship and the Champions League with its men's team . A year later he returned to TTC Jülich. In the 2010/2011 season he played for TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen , from 2011 to 2018 he was active in France at AS Pontoise-Cergy TT , with which he won its first two Champions League titles in 2014 and 2016 and became French champion several times. In 2018 he moved to the Russian club Gazprom Fakel Orenburg .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| POR | European Championship | 2019 | Nantes | FRA | silver | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2018 | Alicante | ESP | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2017 | Luxembourg | LUX | silver | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2016 | Budapest | HUN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2015 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | silver | 6th place | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2014 | Lisbon | POR | gold | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2013 | Schwechat | AUT | Last 64 | Quarter finals | 7th place | |
| POR | European Championship | 2012 | Herning | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2011 | Gdańsk-Sopot | POLE | last 16 | gold | Semifinals | |
| POR | European Championship | 2010 | Ostrava | CZE | last 16 | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2008 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Semifinals | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 2003 | Novi Sad | YUG | gold | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 2002 | Moscow | RUS | gold | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 2006 | Sarajevo | BIH | gold | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 2005 | Ostrava | CZE | gold | gold | ||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 2004 | Budapest | HUN | gold | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2020 | Montreux | SUI | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2019 | Montreux | SUI | last 16 | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2017 | Antibes | FRA | 9-12 space | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2016 | Gondomar | POR | 13-16. space | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2015 | Baku | AZE | silver | |||
| POR | EURO TOP12 | 2014 | Lausanne | SUI | gold | |||
| POR | EURO TOP12 | 2012 | Villeurbanne | FRA | 9th place | |||
| POR | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| POR | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Berlin | GER | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2012 | Poznań | POLE | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2012 | Santos | BRA | Semifinals | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Rabat | MAR | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | silver | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Wladyslawowo | POLE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Velenje | SLO | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | gold | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | Semifinals | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Salzburg | AUT | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Santiago | CHI | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Velenje | SVN | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Santiago | CHI | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | last 32 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | 9-12 space | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | last 16 | last 64 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 16 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 11 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 128 | last 64 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 14th | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 27 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | last 64 | Agony | |
| POR | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 31 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | Agony | Agony | last 128 | |
| POR | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 34 | |||
| POR | World cup | 2017 | Liege | BEL | last 16 | |||
| POR | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World cup | 2014 | Dusseldorf | GER | last 16 | |||
| POR | World cup | 2013 | Verviers | BEL | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World cup | 2012 | Liverpool | CLOSELY | 9-12. space | |||
| POR | Youth World Championship | 2006 | Cairo | EGY | Semifinals | |||
| POR | Youth World Championship | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | Youth World Championship | 2003 | Santiago | CHI | silver | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2006 | Platja d'Aro | ESP | gold | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2005 | San Salvador | ESA | gold | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2005 | Al-Ain | UAE | gold | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2005 | Örebro | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2004 | São Paulo | BRA | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2004 | Örebro | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2003 | São Paulo | BRA | Semifinals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2005 | Santo Domingo | DOM | Semifinals |
Web links
- Homepage of Marcos Freitas (English) (accessed on July 24, 2012)
- World rankings
- Marcos Freitas biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)
- Marcos Freitas Article about Marcos Freitas on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)
- Marcos Freitas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 24, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ Change from Clube Desportivo de São Roque to TTC Jülich ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 24, 2012)
- ↑ Change from TTC Jülich to Borussia Düsseldorf ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 24, 2012)
- ↑ Change from Borussia Düsseldorf to TTC Jülich ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 24, 2012)
- ↑ Change from TTC Jülich to TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on July 24, 2012)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/4 page 7
- ↑ ITTF database (accessed November 26, 2019)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Freitas, Marcos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freitas, Marcos André Sousa da Silva (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Funchal |