Martine Soffiatti Grael (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Kahena Kunze, she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Career Martine Grael was born 12 February 1991 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of Olympic sailing gold medalist Torben Grael. Her brother Marco and uncle Lars also sailed in the Olympics.
In 2012, she competed with Isabel Swan in the 470 sailing class. The two came just short of representing Brazil in the sport at the 2012 Olympics after losing out to Fernanda Oliveira and Ana Barbachan in a tie-breaker during the 2011–12 ISAF Sailing World Cup.
Grael then sailed with Kahena Kunze in the Olympic debuting 49er FX event. The two became World champions in the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships The duo then won the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
She sailed with Team AkzoNobel in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race. In 2024, Grael was designated captain of the debuting Brazilian team that would compete at the SailGP championship.
Grael and Kunze also won the 49er FX event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2025, she led the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team, as the first female driver in the history of the series.
Achievements
2009 ISAF Youth World Championships 7th 29er class 2008 420 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 420 class 2009 420 World Championships Lake Garda, Italy 4th 420 class 2009 ISAF Youth World Championships Búzios, Brazil 1st 420 class 2010 470 World Championships The Hague, Netherlands 7th 470 class 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth, Australia 8th 470 class 2011 2011 Summer Universiade Shenzhen, China 3rd 470 class team event 2012 470 World Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th 470 class 2013 49er & 49er FX World Championships Marseille, France 2nd 49er FX class 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships Santander, Spain 1st 49er FX class 2015 49er & 49er FX World Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd 49er FX class 2016 49er & 49er FX World Championships Clearwater, USA 6th 49er FX class 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 49er FX class 2017 49er & 49er FX World Championships Matosinhos, Portugal 2nd 49er FX class 2019 49er & 49er FX World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 2nd 49er FX class 2021 2020 Summer Olympics Enoshima, Japan 1st 49er FX class 2021 49er & 49er FX World Championships Al-Mussanah, Oman 3rd 49er FX class
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