Guilherme Tâmega

Guilherme Tâmega is a Brazilian bodyboarding champion.[1]

Born 3 September 1972, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[1] Tamega won the Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding event three times in a row.[2] He competed in the international bodyboarding World Tour.[3] Tâmega won six world titles, plus six runner-up places, and was twice crowned ISA World Bodyboarding Games champion.[4] Today, Tamega works as a life guard on the North Shore of Oahu where he has made several rescues at Pipeline.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Guilherme Tamega". International Bodyboarding Association. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01.
  2. ^ "Tamega makes it a hat trick at Shark Island Challenge". Global Surf News. 28 July 2004. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Guilherme Tamega leads the 2009 IBA world tour". Surfer Today. 6 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Bodyboarding legend Guilherme Tâmega announces retirement". SurferToday. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. ^ Pinto, Luís M. "Guilherme Tâmega: the world champion bodyboarder turned Hawaiian lifeguard". Surfertoday. Retrieved 2026-03-16.


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