Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida
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| Full name | Marcus Vinicius Carvalho Lopes D'Almeida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 January 1998 (age 18) Rio de Janeiro, RJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcus Vinicius Carvalho Lopes D'Almeida (born January 30th, 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian athlete who competes in recurve archery.
Career
D'Almeida first competed internationally in 2013, and in 2014 won three gold medals at the South American Games (where he broke all South American records for 1440 Rounds) and qualified for the 2014 Archery World Cup Final as the second highest qualifier, where he won a silver medal, losing to Brady Ellison in the final by shoot-off. [1] [2][3] His spectacular rise to the upper echelons of the sport while still a teenager has earned him the nickname, "Archery's Neymar".[4]
He won a silver medal in the individual competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China, where he was the flagbearer for Brazil.[5]
References
- ↑ ":: FITA / Web Site Management Screens ::". archery.org.
- ↑ "World Archery > NEWS > News". World Archery.
- ↑ "Ellison edges Brazilian superstar in a shootout to claim third Archery World Cup Final title". insidethegames.biz.
- ↑ "Nick Butler: Archery focused on the big picture after innovative World Cup Final weekend". insidethegames.biz.
- ↑ "World Archery > NEWS > News". World Archery.