Mário Barros was born in Angola 28 July 1964. In 1965 he moved to Cascais, a small Portuguese village located near Lisbon, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Since very young he felt a great passion for the ocean and for fishing. At the age of 15 Mário began his participation in fishing competition. His first participation in National Surf Casting Team was at the age of 19.

In 1984 began fishing competition in freshwater and was member of National team for more than 20 times. Now is totally dedicated to his great passion, the saltwater fishing and he is specialized in Spinning and Vertical Jigging. Together with Mário Baptista, other great champion, Mário Barros is the Trabucco distributor in Portugal.

Freshwater:
3 x National Champion for teams
3 x National Individual Champion
2 x Silver Medal National Championship
1 x Individual World Champion - 1993
4 th place Individual World Chanpionship in England / Nottingham 1994
Individual Bronze Medal World Championship in Croatia / Zagreb 1998
Teams Silver Medal - Worldchampionship - Portugal 2002

Saltwater:
1 x SURFCASTING World Champion - Algeciras 1983
1 x SURFCASTING Bronze Medal World Championship - Mauritania 1984
2 x National Individual Champion