Manuel Centeno

Manuel Centeno (born September 18, 1980) is a former bodyboarding^[1] European and World Champion, having won the ISA World Surfing Games 2006 on the 22nd October, at Huntington Beach, California, United States.

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Manuel Centeno was born in Porto, Portugal, he started practicing bodyboarding at the age of 14, and at the age of 16 he had already won some local trophies. Besides practicing professional bodyboarding, Manuel Centeno has finished in December 2006, the architecture degree, at the University of Porto.

• 2000 - Portuguese Champion
• 2001 - European Champion
• 2006 - Portuguese Champion
• 2006 - European Champion
• 2006 - World Champion^[2]

Trivia

• Favourite Bodyboarder: Ryan Hardy
• Favourite Architects: Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
• Favourite Wave: Pipeline, Hawai
• Favourite Building: House of Musica, Porto
• Favourite Local Beach: Praia do Norte, Nazaré
• Favourite Foreign Beach: Desert Point, Lombok, Indonesia

References

1. ^ Boal, Bruce; Surfersvillage (2009-05-15). The Surfing Yearbook. Gibbs Smith. p. 90. ISBN 9781423605584. http://books.google.com/books?id=WPOF9Z51oGkC&pg=PA90. Retrieved 8 April 2011. "..bodyboard In a tough final in which the favorites were the locals Manuel Centeno and Hugo Pinheiro (gold and silver medal winners in the 2006 Games) surfing on their home turf,..." 
2. ^ "South Africa gets gold in longboard at ISA World Games". Global Surf News. 11 - 19 October 2008. http://www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=37041. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 

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