GRAEL Martine

Date of Birth: 12 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: NITEROI

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : NITEROI

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sailing	Women's Skiff - 49er FX BRA Brazil	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 01 #1	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 02 #2	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 03 #3	Finished
	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 04 #4	Finished
Followed by	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 05 #5	Finished
Followed by	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 06 #6	Finished
	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 07 #7	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 08 #8	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 09 #9	Finished
	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 10 #10	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 11 #11	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 12 #12	Finished
	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Medal Race #13	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er FX	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er FX	2014	Santander, ESP
4	49er FX	2018	Aarhus, DEN
8	470	2011	Fremantle, WA, AUS

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	49er FX	2019	Auckland, NZL
2	49er FX	2017	Porto, POR
2	49er FX	2015	Buenos Aires, ARG
2	49er FX	2013	Marseille, FRA
12	49er FX	2020	Geelong, VIC, AUS

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er FX	2019	Lima, PER

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er FX	2019	Weymouth, GBR

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er FX	2019	Miami, FL, USA
1	49er FX	2019	Enoshima, JPN
1	49er FX	2017	Santander, ESP
1	49er FX	2017	Hyeres, FRA
1	49er FX	2017	Miami, FL, USA
6	49er FX	2020	Enoshima, JPN
6	49er FX	2019	Genoa, ITA

Tine (49er.org, 15 Jan 2016)

Occupation:

Environmental Engineering - Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, BRA

Languages spoken:

English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Javier Torres [national], ESP

Sporting relatives:

Her father Torben Grael represented Brazil in sailing at six consecutive editions of the Olympic Games between 1984 and 2004, winning gold in the Star class in 1996 and 2004. Her uncle Lars was an international sailor, claiming bronze in the Tornado class at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1996, while her brother Marco competed in the 49er class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Jan 2020; folha.uol.com.br, 19 Aug 2016; esporte.ig.com.br, 19 Nov 2015)

She first tried sailing at age four. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

Her family were keen sailors so it was natural for her to join them. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

Her father Torben, her uncle Lars, New Zealand sailor Peter Blake, Brazilian sailor Robert Scheidt. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

She and her sailing partner Kahena Kunze were flag bearers for Brazil at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (globoesporte.globo.com, 10 Aug 2019; diarinho.com.br, 23 Jul 2019)

Together with Kahena Kunze, she was named the 2014 Female World Sailor of the Year by the International Sailing Federation [ISAF]. (olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 22 Apr 2015; sailing.org, 2014)

In 2014 she and Kahena Kunze were named Brazilian Female Athletes of the Year and received the Olympic Brazil Award from the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. (folhape.com.br, 25 Jul 2019; Rede Nacional do Esporte YouTube channel, 19 Dec 2014)

General Interest

General
OCEAN SAILING
She took part in the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race. "Of course I found a lot of difficulties, from gaining the respect of everybody, facing the challenge of sailing those 20m-long boats and living the accelerated rhythm on board. With little experience before getting on board I had to make a big effort to learn, watch a lot and pay attention in order to not make any mistakes. It was a challenge, trying to do my best." (diarinho.com.br, 23 Jul 2019; redbull.com, 03 Sep 2018)

CREWMATE
She and her crewmate Kahena Kunze first met at age 13, when they sailed against each other in the Optimist class. Years later they began competing together in the 420 class, becoming junior world champions in 2009. The pair separated when Grael teamed up with Isabel Swan in the 470 class, a partnership that lasted until they missed out on qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Soon afterwards Grael and Kunze began competing together in the 49er FX class, and they went on to win gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (members.sailing.org, 01 Aug 2019; folhape.com.br, 26 Jul 2019; lance.com.br, 25 Sep 2012)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/martinesoffiatti
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/graelkunze/
https://instagram.com/KunzeGrael
International Federation Website: https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=105470

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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