1960 - Today
Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torben Grael has received more than 86,037 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Torben Grael is the 1,509th most popular athlete (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 794th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Torben Grael ranks 1,509 out of 3,059. Before him are Olavi Mannonen, Nodar Kumaritashvili, Anna-Maria Müller, Carla Bodendorf, Foy Draper, and Alberto Demiddi. After him are Inge Helten, Eva Korpela, Yevgeni Mayorov, Bjørn Paulson, Siegfried Purner, and Harald Norpoth.
1930 - 2019
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 1,503
1988 - 2010
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,504
1949 - 2009
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,505
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,506
1911 - 1943
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 1,507
1944 - 2000
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,508
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 1,509
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 1,510
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 1,511
1938 - 1997
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 1,512
1923 - 2008
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 1,513
1915 - 1944
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 1,514
1942 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 1,515
Among people born in 1960, Torben Grael ranks 446. Before him are Michel Faber, Kara Wai, Scott McCloud, Yvon Le Roux, Claudia Losch, and Matt Salinger. After him are Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich, Ján Figeľ, Moshe Kahlon, Omar Sharmarke, Elena Kagan, and Bill Prady.
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 440
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 441
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 442
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 443
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 444
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 445
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 446
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 447
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 448
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 449
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 450
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 451
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 452
Among people born in Brazil, Torben Grael ranks 795 out of 2,067. Before him are Marcos Paulo (1977), Mirandinha (1952), Daniella Cicarelli (1978), Denílson Custódio Machado (1943), Beto (1975), and Alex Teixeira (1990). After him are Lincoln (1979), Derlei (1975), Matuzalém (1980), José Leandro Ferreira (1959), Afonso Alves (1981), and Antônio Silva (1952).
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 789
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 790
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 791
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 792
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 793
1990 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 794
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 795
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 796
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 797
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 798
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 799
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 800
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 801
Among athletes born in Brazil, Torben Grael ranks 6. Before him are Adhemar da Silva (1927), Nelson Prudêncio (1944), Vanderlei de Lima (1969), João Carlos de Oliveira (1954), and Joaquim Cruz (1963). After him are Robson da Silva (1964), Robert Scheidt (1973), Maurren Maggi (1976), Emanuel Rego (1973), Ricardo Santos (1975), and Fabiana Murer (1981).
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 1
1944 - 2012
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 2
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 3
1954 - 1999
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 6
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 7
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 8
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.32
Rank: 9
1973 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 10
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.85
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.55
Rank: 12