Emanuel Rego

Emanuel Rego
Personal information
Full name	Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego
Born	15 April 1973 (1973-04-15) (age 51) Curitiba, Brazil
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Honours Men's beach volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2004 Athens Beach 2012 London Beach 2008 Beijing Beach World Championships 1999 Marseille Beach 2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach 2011 Rome Beach Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Beach 2011 Guadalajara Beach

Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian male former beach volleyball player who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.^[1] Rego partnered with José Loiola at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,^[2] though they did not medal.^[1] He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, partnering with Ricardo Santos.^[3] He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[3]

In 2016, Rego was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.^[3] He was the Brazilian flagbearer at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[4]

Rego famously offered his medal to his compatriot Vanderlei de Lima – who won the bronze in the men's marathon after being attacked by Neil Horan – a year later, though it was politely declined.^[5]

Personal life

Rego was born in Curitiba, and is married (2013) to volleyball Olympic medallist and Senator Leila Barros.^[1]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emanuel Rego". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "Americans Lucky in Losses". The New York Times. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2024. (subscription required)
3. "Emanuel Rego". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
4. "Emanuel". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
5. "Who is Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima?". Sports Illustrated. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

External links

• Emanuel Rego at FIVB.com
• Emanuel Rego at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Emanuel Rego at Olympedia (archive)
• Emanuel Rego at Olympics.com
• Emanuel Rego at Olympic.org (archived)
• Emanuel Rego at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)

Sporting positions
Preceded by  Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Zé Marco de Melo 1996–1997	Succeeded by  Guilherme Marques and Rogério Ferreira (BRA)
Preceded by  Guilherme Marques and Rogério Ferreira (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside José Loiola 1999	Succeeded by  Ricardo Santos and Zé Marco de Melo (BRA)
Preceded by  Ricardo Santos and Zé Marco de Melo (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Tande Ramos 2001	Succeeded by  Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti (ARG)
Preceded by  Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti (ARG)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Ricardo Santos 2003–2007	Succeeded by  Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA)
Preceded by  Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers (USA)	Men's FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Winner alongside Alison Cerutti 2011	Succeeded by  Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA)
Awards
Preceded by  Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Best Hitter" 2006	Succeeded by  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
Preceded by  Xu Linyin (CHN)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Inspirational" 2011–2012	Succeeded by  Jake Gibb (USA)
Preceded by  Jake Gibb (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Inspirational" 2015	Succeeded by  Reinder Nummerdor (NED)
Preceded by  Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2006	Succeeded by  Ricardo Santos (BRA)
Preceded by  Phil Dalhausser (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2011	Succeeded by  Sean Rosenthal (USA)
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2005	Succeeded by  Franco Neto (BRA)
Preceded by  Rivo Vesik (EST)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2010–2012	Succeeded by  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Preceded by  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Sportsperson" 2014	Succeeded by  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
Preceded by Inaugural	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Ricardo Santos 2005–2007	Succeeded by  Pedro Solberg Salgado and Harley Marques (BRA)
Preceded by  Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (USA)	Men's FIVB World Tour "Team of the Year" alongside Alison Cerutti 2011	Succeeded by  Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA)