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O R L D CHAMPIONSHIPS:
2007:
4th Senior Men's FS
2006:
5th Senior Men's FS
2005:
5th Senior Men's FS
2004:
14th Senior Men's FS
2003:
3rd Junior Men's FS
2002: 3rd Junior Men's FS
2001: 7th Junior Men's FS
Championships:
2007:
1st Pan Am Games
2003:
1st Pan Am Games
2003:
1st South American Championships
Brazil
National
Championships:
2004-2007:
1st Senior Men's FS
2001-2003:
1st Junior Men's FS
Archived
Intervied: 2003 Up
close with Marcel...
What do you like
to do outside of skating:
I'm a very "family
person" I just love my family and like to do
stuff with them, like going out for movies, dinner
or a simple chat at home can put a big smile on my
face. I enjoy so much going to movies, and
watching concerts, I cant live without music, that's
my second passion I guess, and I like to see what
I hear, so I like the mix of music and dance, video clips,
etc... And doing anything with my friends, they
are the most precious thing on Earth to me. When I'm
in Brazil, my favorite time of the year is the Carnival,
its so beautiful, and when I'm in the US I like to
go out to do stuff with my coach Gracie, we are so
the same.
How
did you become involved in modeling? And was it
because you are popular as an athlete?
I started for fun, Clarence Martinez ( photographer)
took pictures of me for fun in the USA and then I
got an agency and started working for them. Here
in Brazil, I do more works for being the Pan-American
Champion than a great model, in Brazil the country
stops to watch their athletes go to this
competition, its as important as the Olympic Games
here, so I got a little fame and worked on it!
And I have so much fun taking the pictures, I
really like it! I have to have fun doing things, that's
when I do it best.
What
is your highlight to date?
Sure its my Gold Medal from the Pan-American
Games. That is something Ill never forget, I will
take that for my life, wherever life takes me when
I quit skating ( I don't even think about that for
now, like 7 more years maybe )
Your favorite championships?
I like Worlds a lot, because everybody tries to be
their best by that time, and its the last
championship of the year (In South American,
school vacations is January and February), I have
all my competitions on tape so after each year I
go watch it and see how much I improved as a
skater, and see what I wanna do for the next year!
What inspires you?
The simple things, the people, the music,
the dance, my family, my friends, I'm a happy
person doing what I do, that's what inspire me, I'm
happy doing this, so doesn't matter what I have to
go through Ill make it and keep doing what I
always dreamed to do. Skate in the South American
Countries is not as easy as skate in the USA and
Europe, we don't have any facilities, its a fight
everyday to get a place to practice, to get
equipment and everything, you have to be really
persistent. I'm lucky that God put someone like
Gracie in my life.
What would be your ultimate day?
I wake up and go to do physiotherapy (that's
now), then I practice in the afternoon for 2
hours, do my routines and then go to the gym to
work out for one and a half hour. That's the
practice part of my life, then I have my social
life, which is important too. Hahahahaha
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