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Torben Grael

Grael in 2003
Personal information
Full name	Torben Schmidt Grael
Nickname	Turbine
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1960-07-22)22 July 1960 (age 65) São Paulo,SP, Brazil
Children	Marco Grael Martine Grael
Sport
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 Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well knownBraziliansailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant ofDanes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at the age of five years on thesailboatAileen, of the6 Metre class, which was the boat used by the silver medal-winning1912 Summer Olympics Danish sailing team. Once he moved toNiterói, he started sailing with his brother,Lars Grael, also an Olympic medal winner, on theBay of Guanabara. Another brother,Axel Grael, is the current mayor of Niterói. He is father of Olympic championMartine Grael and sailorMarco Grael.

NicknamedTurbine 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 together withBen Ainslie andRobert Scheidt with five, followed byPaul Elvstrøm with four. He also placed first place in many World, South American and Brazilian championships in several categories. His first-mate is usuallyMarcelo Ferreira.

Grael has also sailed in other international competitions including the2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race as skipper of theBrasil 1 team, the first 100% Brazilian outfit to enter the competition, which finished third overall. He would win the nextOcean Race, but this time as the skipper of the Swedish teamEricsson 4 (he won the race with two legs to spare). In October 2008 the yacht Ericsson 4 officially travelled 596.6 nautical miles in 24 hours, establishing a 24-hour monohull record. Skipper Torben Grael and his crew made the record on the first leg of the 2008–2009 Volvo Ocean Race. They sailed Ericsson 4 hard as a strong cold front hit the fleet, bringing winds approaching 40 knots, and propelling the yacht at an average speed of 24.8 knots.

He has sailed in severalAmerica's Cup races, including the winning campaign in Louis Vuitton Cup in 2000 and the 2007 event as tactician aboardLuna Rossa Challenge^[1]

Sources:^[2][3][4]

• Official website
• Volvo Ocean Race at theWayback Machine (archived 26 December 2009)
• Torben Grael atWorld Sailing (archive)
• Torben Grael atOlympics.com
• Torben Grael at Olympic.org (archived)
• Torben Grael atOlympedia
• Torben Grael at theComitê Olímpico do Brasil(in Portuguese)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Mirella Arnhold	Flagbearer for Brazil Athens 2004	Succeeded by Isabel Clark Ribeiro

• 1960 births
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• 2000 America's Cup sailors
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• Brazilian male sailors (sport)
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• Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
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• Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
• Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
• Olympic medalists in sailing
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• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
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• Pan American Games bronze medalists in sailing
• Sailors (sport) from São Paulo
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• Snipe class junior world champions
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• World Sailing officials
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