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Emanuel Silva

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Emanuel Eduardo Pimenta Vieira da Silva, GOIH (born 4 December 1985), is a Portuguese sprint canoer. He was born in Braga. A finalist at the 2004 Olympics and medalist at the 2012 Olympics, he is Portugal's most successful kayak sprinter since the 1980s. Despite training with very limited resources, Silva became outright Portuguese individual champion over three distances (500 m, 1000 m and 10,000 m) at the age of just sixteen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Emanuel Silva is the 6,356th most popular athlete (down from 5,459th in 2024), the 662nd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 620th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emanuel Silva ranks 6,356 out of 6,025. Before him are Juan Francisco, Mario Mola, Ilya Zakharov, Mitchell Watt, Abdelhafid Benchabla, and Simon Niepmann. After him are Nijat Rahimov, Roseline Filion, Adéla Bruns, Kim Min-woo, Mattias Nilsson, and Helen Langehanenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Emanuel Silva ranks 1,461. Before him are Zhang Yawen, Nicolas Limbach, Nomcebo Zikode, Masashi Nishiyama, Simon Niepmann, and Sayaka Hirano. After him are Hristo Zlatinski, Mara Abbott, Adam Federici, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Stoyka Krasteva, and Takuya Kokeguchi.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Emanuel Silva ranks 662 out of 633. Before him are José Gonçalves (1989), Ricardo Vaz Tê (1986), Hernâni Fortes (1991), Tiago Silva (1993), Mário Sérgio (1981), and Beto (1998). After him are Tiago Dantas (2000), Thierry Correia (1999), Álvaro Parente (1984), Luís Frade (1998), Xeka (1994), and Rúben Vinagre (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, Emanuel Silva ranks 25. Before him are Telma Monteiro (1985), Marc Weber (null), Ana Dulce Félix (1982), David Morgan (null), Sara Moreira (1985), and Fernando Pimenta (1989). After him are Joana Ramos (1982), Rui Bragança (1991), Ana Cabecinha (1984), Luis Mosquera (null), Liliana Cá (1986), and Pedro Fraga (1983).

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