Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a Portuguese

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player who has won European Championships in singles, doubles, and team events. He participated at the

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where he got knocked out in the Round of 64. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles at the European Championship with

Tiago Apolónia Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese table tennis player for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world. Career Born i ...

. Three years later at the 2011 Table Tennis European Championships he went on to win the gold medal with his doubles partner

Andrej Gaćina Andrej Gaćina (born 21 May 1986) is a male table tennis player from Croatia. Since 2007, he has won two medals in doubles and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships. As of August 2016, he was the number nineteenth player in the ...

. In 2012 he took part on his second Olympics, reaching the

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in the singles and the quarterfinals in the team event with

and

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. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Men's team with

João Geraldo João Pedro Ferreiro Geraldo (born 29 September 1995) is a Portuguese table tennis player from Mirandela, who currently plays for German club TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen and Greek club Panathinaikos. Together with Tiago Apolónia and Marcos Frei ...

and Tiago Apolonia. He earned a gold medal. At the European Championships 2015 he won Silver in the Singles Event. He reached the quarterfinals of the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in the individual event. Although he won his match, Portugal lost in the first round of the team event. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eleven player in the world. Since 2012, Freitas lives in Schwechat and practices at the Werner Schlager Academy.

Honors

* European Championship – Men's Doubles: ** ''Winner'': 2011 ** ''Bronze medalist'': 2008 * Pro A: ** ''Runner-up'': 2013 *

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: ** ''Winner'': 2014 ** ''Semifinalist'': 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freitas, Marcos 1988 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of Portugal Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Portugal European Games medalists in table tennis Sportspeople from Funchal Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Portugal Kinoshita Meister Tokyo players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate table tennis people in Japan Portuguese male table tennis players

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