Emanuel Rego
Personal information
Full name	Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	April 15, 1973 (1973-04-15) (age 51) Curitiba, Brazil
Height	1.9 m (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 April 15, 1973) is a male former beach volleyball player from Brazil who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering with Ricardo Santos. He famously offered his medal to his compatriot Vanderlei de Lima – who won a bronze in the men's marathon after being attacked by Neil Horan – a year later, though it was politely declined.

He was born in Curitiba, and is married (2013) to volleyball Olympic medallist and Senator Leila Barros.

References

• Emanuel Rego at the Beach Volleyball Database

External links

• Emanuel Rego at the FIVB beach volleyball database
• Emanuel Rego at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Emanuel Rego at Olympedia
• Emanuel Rego at Olympics.com
• Emanuel Rego at Olympic.org (archived)
• Emanuel Rego at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (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)