Torben Schmidt Grael is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. 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. Once he moved to Niterói, he started sailing with his brother, Lars Grael, also an Olympic medal winner, on the Bay of Guanabara. Another brother, Axel Grael, is the current mayor of Niterói. He is father of Olympic champion Martine Grael and sailor Marco Grael.
Andrew Blair Tuke is a New Zealand sailor who won the 2021 Americas Cup Held in Auckland and also won the 2017 Version held in Bermuda. He also won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 49er class alongside Peter Burling.
Támara Echegoyen Domínguez is an Olympic gold medal winning Spanish sailor. She has competed in four Olympics and she carried the flag in the 2024 Olympics Games opening ceremony on the River Seine,
Kahena Kunze is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the 2016 Rio Olympics, a feat both repeated at Tokyo 2020.
The ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame is the World Sailing's Hall of Fame launched by the International Sailing Federation.
Maia Kristiane Agerup is a Norwegian Olympic sailor who represents the New York Yacht Club in New York, NY and Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo.
Ragna Agerup is a Norwegian Olympic sailor and a Junior World champion. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo and New York Yacht Club in New York City. Her college team was Brown University in Providence, RI.
María Sol Branz, known as Sol Branz, is an Argentine sailor. She and Victoria Travascio won a gold medal in the women's 49erFX event at the 2015 Pan American Games, and bronze in the 2019 edition.
Marco Soffiatti Grael is a Brazilian sailor. He competes in the 49er class alongside Gabriel Borges, finishing 11th at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 16th in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Both also won the gold at the 2019 Pan American Games. He is the son of Olympic champion Torben Grael, and brother of Martine Grael.
Gabriel Portilho Borges is a Brazilian sailor. He and Marco Grael placed 11th in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2017 throughout the world.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world.
The following are the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2019 throughout the world.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2015 throughout the world.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions of the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
The Women 49er FX is a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo and took place between 27 July – 3 August. The defending champions, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze from Brazil, won the event. Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke from Germany were the second, and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz from the Netherlands won the bronze medal. For Lutz, Beucke, Bekkring, and Duetz this was the first Olympic medal.
Tess Lloyd is an Australian competitive sailor.
Stephanie Roble is an American sailor who is a Pan American Games medalist and a multi-medalist in the World Championships. She was named 2014 US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of Year.
Margaret Shea is an American sailor who is a Pan American Games medallist and a two-time medallist in the World Championships.
The 49erFX competition of the sailing events at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago was held from October 28 to Novembero 3 at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico.
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