Torben grael biography of williams

To Brazilians, Torben Grael needs little introduction. With five Olympic medals, he is their most successful Olympian, but his talents are not confined to the Olympics.

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Biography.

Rolex Submariner Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael are considered to be two of the greatest sailors in history and in we will be taking an in-depth look.

Torben Grael was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in , and over the years since has established his championship performances in many sailboat.

Like Paul Cayard, he’s one of the few sailors who’ve been successful across the three disciplines of Olympic, offshore and match race sailing.

He made his first Olympic appearance at the age of 24 at the 1984 Los Angeles games, where he won silver.

Four years later, he claimed bronze in Seoul. After forging a successful partnership with Marcelo Ferreira in the Star Class, he then won gold at Atlanta, bronze at Sydney and an additional gold at Athens in 2004.

He made his first appearance as a skipper in the Volvo Ocean race onboard Brasil 1 in the 2005-06 edition where the team finished third.

Victory came in the next edition, in 2008-09, this time as the skipper of Ericsson 4.

They laid down their intentions early on; breaking the 24-hour record in the first leg from Alicante to Cape Town