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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Schmidt and the second or paternal family name is Grael.
Torben Grael
Grael in 2003
Personal information
Full name
Torben Schmidt Grael
Nickname
Turbine
Nationality
Brazilian
Born
(1960-07-22) 22 July 1960 (age 63) São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Sailing career
Class(es)
Soling, Star
Club
Rio Yacht Club
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
Star class
2004 Athens
Star class
1984 Los Angeles
Soling class
1988 Seoul
Star class
2000 Sydney
Star class
Torben Grael, skipper of Ericsson 4 and overall winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2009
Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at the age of five years on the sailboat Aileen, of the 6 Metre class, which was the boat used by the silver medal-winning 1912 Summer Olympics Danish sailing team. Once he moved to Niterói, he started sailing with his brother, Lars Grael, also an Olympic medal winner, on the Bay of Guanabara. Another brother, Axel Grael, is the current mayor of Niterói. He is father of Olympic champion Martine Grael and sailor Marco Grael.
Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes...
and screenwriter Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former football striker TorbenGrael (born 1960), Brazilian...
1996). His brother, TorbenGrael, is also a sailor. Together they won the 1983 Snipe World Championship. Another brother, Axel Grael, is the current mayor...
Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Martine Grael is the daughter of Olympic gold medalist in sailing TorbenGrael. Her brother Marco and uncle Lars also sailed...
with Nelson Falcão, TorbenGrael won the medal at Star class. It was TorbenGrael's second olympic medal. Torben's brother Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas...
Pan American Games. He is the son of Olympic champion TorbenGrael, and brother of Martine Grael. This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or...
being the third person to win five Olympic medals in that sport (after TorbenGrael and Robert Scheidt) and also the second to win four gold medals, after...
being one of only two to earn five medals along with fellow sailor TorbenGrael, and the only Brazilian sailor to win medals in both dinghy and keelboat...
of sailors, including his brothers Torben and Lars Grael, and his nephew and niece Marco and Martine Grael. Grael was born to Ingrid Schmidt, a prominent...
give a better indication of the number of people involved. Brazilians TorbenGrael and Robert Scheidt and Briton Ben Ainslie are the only Olympic sailors...
Volvo Open 70 yacht. She won the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by TorbenGrael and with Horacio Carabelli, Jules Salter, Guy Salter, Brad Jackson, Stu...
Left-back legend Marcelo, racing driver Cacá Bueno, sailors Maertine Grael and TorbenGrael, former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, inventor and aeronaut...
Quanhai Li (CHN), Scott Perry (URU) 2016–2020: Jan Dawson (NZL), TorbenGrael (BRA), Ana Sanchez (ESP), Nadine Stegenwalner (GER) 2020–present: Duriye...
Colin Beashel Australia 1959 1984–2004 20 years (24/44) Sailing 0 0 1 1 TorbenGrael Brazil 1960 1984–2004 20 years (24/44) Sailing 2 1 2 5 Wang Yifu China...
competitive Brazilian sailors. Ingrid is the mother of TorbenGrael, Lars Grael, and Axel Grael. He and his twin brother Erik were known as "the sea twins"...
Antarctica company, Henning Albert Boilesen and the sailing brothers TorbenGrael and Lars Grael). Danes also settled in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio...
campeã olímpica e filha de TorbenGrael, conquista ouro no Pan" [Martine, Olympic champion and daughter of TorbenGrael, wins gold at the Pan]. gauchazh...
and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian TorbenGrael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge...
nautical miles in 24 hours, establishing a 24-hour monohull record. Skipper TorbenGrael and his crew made the record on the first leg of the 2008-2009 Volvo...
United States (USA) Robbie Haines Ed Trevalyan Rod Davis Brazil (BRA) TorbenGrael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft Canada (CAN) Hans Fogh Steve Calder John...
tournament 1 October 1988 Bronze TorbenGrael Nelson Falcão 1988 Seoul Sailing Men's Star 27 September 1988 Bronze Lars Grael Clinio Freitas 1988 Seoul Sailing...
Global Information
Brazilian
