MARCARI OLIVA Joao Victor

Brazil

Equestrian

Date of Birth: 2 Feb 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SAO PAULO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : PORTUGAL

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Dressage Individual	26

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Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual	Dressage Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	46	10

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Dressage Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	15
2014	Normandy, FRA	24

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual	Dressage Team
2019	Lima, PER	12	3

World Cup Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017	Omaha, NE, USA

World Cup Western European League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Grand Prix Freestyle	2016/2017	's-Hertogenbosch, NED
15	Grand Prix Freestyle	2016/2017	Neumunster, GER

Legend
GP - Grand Prix, NS - Not Started, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Hobbies:

Spending time in the countryside, listening to music. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 22 Jul 2019)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete, Breeder, Horse Trainer

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese

Club name:

Coudelaria Ilha Verde [Brazil]

Coach:

Nuno Chaves de Almeira [personal]; Paulo Caetano [personal], POR

Sporting relatives:

His mother Hortencia Marcari was part of the Brazilian basketball team that won silver at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was entered into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. (globo.com, 23 Mar 2014; porforadaspistas.com.br, 2013; hoophall.com, 01 Jan 2006)

Start:

He first sat on a horse at age three at his parents' ranch in Aracoiaba da Serra, Brazil. He began riding at age 12 at Clube Hipico de Santo Amaro in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 22 Jul 2019; brasilhipismo.com.br, 30 Mar 2017)

Reason:

His father, a horse breeder, encouraged him to take up the sport. He was also inspired by watching fellow Brazilian dressage rider Rogerio Clementino. "I began training in dressage because of him. He won awards and travelled everywhere. I wanted to be like him." (adestramentobrasil.com, 22 Aug 2018; esportes.estadao.com.br, 30 Mar 2017; cbh.org.br, 11 Mar 2014; revistasuplementacao.com.br, 21 Sep 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 22 Apr 2020)

Memorable:

Winning bronze in the team event at both the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games. (revistasuplementacao.com.br, 21 Sep 2020)

Hero:

Brazilian dressage rider Rogerio Clementino, German dressage rider Isabell Werth. (porforadaspistas.com.br, 2013)

Influence:

His father, and coach Norbert van Laak. (adestramentobrasil.com, 24 Jul 2019; esportes.estadao.com.br, 30 Mar 2017)

Philosophy:

"The harmony of the horse and the rider is what makes the sport fascinating. Equestrian is the only sport you compete with an animal, and in which women and men compete together. Also, it is very gratifying to see that your animal is learning from you. I would like to show people that the sport is not just those five minutes of presentation, but the years you spend teaching the horse to do those moves. And the most satisfying thing is to see the evolution of your companion." (porforadaspistas.com.br, 19 Jul 2017)

Award:

In 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 he was named Dressage Rider of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. (cbh.org.br, 15 Nov 2018; porforadaspistas.com.br, 28 Mar 2018, 04 Mar 2017)

In 2017 he received the Medal of Military Sporting Merit in Brazil. (porforadaspistas.com.br, 28 Mar 2018)

He has been recipient of the Equestrian Brazil Award from the Brazilian Equestrian Confederation [CBH] in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. (revistasuplementacao.com.br, 21 Sep 2020)

General Interest

General
FROM BRAZIL TO EUROPE
In July 2014 he moved to Moehnesee, Germany to train with coach Norbert van Laak. In 2019 he relocated to Dusseldorf to start training alongside Portuguese rider Maria Caetano and her father Paulo Caetano. In 2020 he relocated to Portugal. "I switched to Portugal because I wanted to compete here as a strategy. My horse was to be better received here as he is a Lusitano. So, he would compete against other Lusitanos. That's why I decided to come here." (eurodressage.com, 16 Dec 2019; porforadaspistas.com.br, 03 May 2019; adestramentobrasil.com, 03 May 2019; cavalolusitano.com.br, 01 Sep 2018; brasilhipismo.com.br, 30 Mar 2017; revistasuplementacao.com.br, 21 Sep 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 06 Jun 2020)

STABLES
His family runs Coudelaria Ilha Verde in Aracoiaba da Serra, Brazil. The stud specialises in the breeding of Brazilian and German horses. (adestramentobrasil.com, 09 Sep 2018; cavalolusitano.com.br, 01 Sep 2018)

ARMED FORCES
Since 2015 he has been a member of the high performance athletes' project of the Brazilian Armed Forces. (revistasuplementacao.com.br, 21 Sep 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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