dos SANTOS Marcelo

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Pairs - BC4	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Pairs - BC4	2014	Beijing, CHN
20	Individual - BC4	2014	Beijing, CHN

Son Nicolas

Portuguese

Associacao Paralimpica de Paranagua [APP] [Brazil]

Silmara Franca [club]

His younger brother Eliseu has represented Brazil in boccia and won silver alongside Marcelo in the BC4 mixed pairs event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (esportes.terra.com.br, 13 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2021)

2013 for Brazil, in Montreal, Canada (torcedores.com, 16 Oct 2017)

He began to train in boccia in 2007. (esportes.terra.com.br, 13 Sep 2016)

He followed his younger brother Eliseu into the sport. "I saw that he left home early to go to practice, and I stayed in bed until late. After a while I thought that if he could do it, I could do it too. I mirrored him." (cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019; esportes.terra.com.br, 13 Sep 2016; bbc.com, 13 Sep 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (esportes.terra.com.br, 13 Sep 2016)

Winning a silver medal in the BC4 mixed pairs event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "A silver medal alongside your brother is something very special, it is really another kind of emotion." (bbc.com, 13 Sep 2016)

His brother Eliseu. (bbc.com, 13 Sep 2016)

He was named 2015 Boccia Player of the Year by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee [CPB]. (cpb.org.br, 09 Dec 2015)