Martine Grael

Martine Grael

Grael at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Martine Soffiatti Grael
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro[1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Sailing career
Class(es) 420, 470, 49er FX
Club Rio Yacht Club[1]
Coach Javier Torres del Moral[1]
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 49erFX
World Championships
2014 Santander 49erFX
2013 Marseille 49erFX
2015 Buenos Aires 49erFX
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto 49erFX

Martine Soffiatti Grael (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class.[2] Together with Kahena Kunze she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships[3] and at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Martine Grael is the daughter of Olympic gold medalist in sailing Torben Grael. Her brother Marco and uncle Lars also sailed in the Olympics.[4]

She is going to sail with Team AkzoNobel in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.[5]

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015 [6]
Year Competition Venue Position Event
2009 29er - ISAF Youth World Championships 7th 29er class
2008 420 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 420 class
2009 420 World Championships Lake Garda, Italy 4th 420 class
2009 420 - ISAF Youth World Championships Búzios, Brasil 1st 420 class
2010 470 World Championships Hague, Netherlands 7th 470 class
2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 8th 470 class
2012 470 World Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th 470 class
2013 49er & 49er FX World Championships Marseille, France 2nd 49er FX class
2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships Santander, Spain 1st 49er FX class
2015 49er & 49er FX World Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd 49er FX class
2016 49er & 49er FX World Championships Clearwater, USA 6th 49er FX class
2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 49er FX class

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Martine Grael. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ "Martine Grael Kahena Kunze". 49er.org.
  3. ↑ "World Sailor of the Year – About – ISAF – World Sailing – Official Website : Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)". sailing.org.
  4. ↑ "Martine Grael e Kahena são campeãs mundiais na vela". VEJA.com. 23 September 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/07/25/olympic-hero-joins-volvo-ocean-race/
  6. ↑ Martine Soffiatti Grael. Members.sailing.org (2016-01-13). Retrieved on 2016-08-18.
Awards
Preceded by
Poliana Okimoto		 Brazilian Sportswomen of the Year
alongside Kahena Kunze
2014 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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