Torben Grael is a Brazilian sailor born July 22, 1960, in Sao Paulo. He won five Olympic sailing medals in the Star and Soling classes: gold in 1996 Atlanta and 2004 Athens, silver in 1984 Los Angeles, and bronze in 1988 Seoul and 2000 Sydney, tying for the most Olympic sailing medals ever won. He skippered the Swedish team Ericsson 4 to victory in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race and set a 24-hour monohull distance record of 596.6 nautical miles that October.
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Career HighlightWon five Olympic sailing medals, four of them in the Star class. 1 Classification
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Who were Torben Grael's partners in the Star class at the Olympics?
Nelson Falcão in 1988, then Marcelo Ferreira for the golds of 1996 and 2004.
At the 1988 Seoul Games Torben Grael won a bronze medal in the Star class with Nelson Falcão. After that his partner became Marcelo Ferreira. Together Grael and Ferreira won Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004 and a bronze in 2000.
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Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions.
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Brazilian sailor
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22 July 1960
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22 July 1960
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Nicknamed Turbine for his fame in conducting sailboats, he collected five Olympic medals, four of them in the Star class.
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Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions.
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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.
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