Torben Grael

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Men's Sailing
Olympic medalist
Torben Grael
Medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	Star class
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Star class
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Star class
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Star class
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	Soling class

Torben Schmidt Grael (born July 22, 1960 in São Paulo of Danish heritage [1]) is one of the most important Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at five years old on the sailboat Ailen, of the extinct 6 meter 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.

1 Record
2 Results
- 2.1 International
3 External links

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Nicknamed Turbine for his fame in conducting sailboats, he collected five Olympic medals, four of them in the Star class.

He is the Brazilian with the highest number of Olympic medals, and holds the highest number of Olympic medals in sailing, although Paul Elvstrom has four gold medals (winning them consecutively from 1948 through 1960), and is Grael's own role-model. He is the Brazilian with the highest number of Olympic medals. He also placed first place in many World, South American and Brazilian championships in several categories. His first-mate is usually Marcelo Ferreira.

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[edit] International

Year	Event	Venue	Class	Result
1978	World Championships	San Diego, CA, USA	Snipe Jr.	1st
1980	Sailing Olympic Week	Cork, Ireland	Soling	1st
1981	North-American Championship	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada	Soling	1st
1983	IX Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	Soling	1st
1983	World Championships	Porto, Portugal	Snipe	1st
1984	Sailing Olympic Week	San Remo, Italy	Soling	1st
	Mediterranean Championship	San Remo, Italy	Soling	1st
	XXIII Olympic Games	Los Angeles, USA	Soling	2nd
1985	World Championships	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada	Soling	2nd
1987	X Pan American Games	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Soling	3rd
1987	World Championships	La Rochelle, France	Snipe	1st
1988	XXIV Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	Star	3rd
1989	European Championship	Travemünde, Lübeck, SH, Germany	Star	1st
1989	World Championships	Karatsu, Saga, Japan	Snipe	2nd
1990	World Championships	Cleveland, USA	Star	1st
	European Championship	Lake Balaton, Hungary	Star	1st
	Sailing Olympic Week	Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	Star	1st
1991	World Championships	Cannes, France	Star	2nd
	World Championships	Newport, Wales, United Kingdom	One Ton	2nd
	World Championships	Porto Carras, Greece	¾ Ton	3rd
	European Championship	Palermo, Italy	Star	1st