SILVA Emanuel

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 200m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	-	-	4	6
2012	London, GBR	-	-	14	2	-
2008	Beijing, CHN	17	10	-	-	-
2004	Athens, GRE	21	7	-	-	-

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K4 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	-	-	17	17	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	-	10	-	2
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	-	-	1	7	-	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	18	-	11
2007	Duisburg, GER	-	20	13	-	-	-	-
2006	Szeged, HUN	-	31	7	-	-	-	-
2005	Zagreb, CRO	29	20	18	-	-	-	-
2003	Gainesville, GA, USA	23	23	16	-	-	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	4

European Championships

Year	Location	K2 500m	K4 500m
2018	Belgrade, SRB	-	9
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	11	6

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2021	-	1 x 4th
2019	-	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 16th	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th
2017	1 x 4th, 1 x 16th, 1 x 17th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 17th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:20.942
3	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:21.014
4	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:23.97
4	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:13.687
6	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.324
7	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.271
8	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:21.096
9	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:23.990
16	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:21.689
16	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:16.952

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Mane (baku2015.com, 16 Jun 2015)

Athlete

Nursing - University of Minho, Braga, POR

Wife Anna, daughter Lara [2006]

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Sporting Clube de Portugal [Lisbon, POR]

Rui Fernandes [national], POR

Between 2008 and 2012 he underwent two operations on a hernia. (sporting.pt, 03 Jun 2012)

He began paddling in 1997 at the Nautical Club of Fao in Portugal. (emanuelsilva.net, 26 Nov 2007)

He originally took up canoeing only as a summer sport, but after early success he decided to dedicate more time to the sport. (sporting.pt, 19 Jun 2012)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (noticiasaominuto.com, 15 Nov 2019)

"Don't waste the opportunities life gives you." (sapo.pt, 25 Sep 2014)

He was named Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry in Portugal in May 2015. (presidencia.pt, 27 May 2015)

He and fellow Portuguese paddlers Fernando Pimenta, Joao Ribeiro and David Fernandes were named 2014 Male Athletes of the Year by the Portuguese Canoe Federation. (sporting.pt, 13 Feb 2015)

He was named Best Male Sportsperson at the 2013 Portuguese Golden Globes. (record.xl.pt, 19 May 2013)

In 2013 he and his men's K2 500m crewmate Joao Ribeiro were named Team of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP] after they won gold at that year's world championships. (ptradical.com, 15 Nov 2013)

He was named 2005 Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Canoe Federation. (record.xl.pt, 03 Dec 2005)

He was Portugal's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (Facebook page, 19 Nov 2019)