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Torben Grael

1960 - Today

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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 87,180 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Torben Grael is the 2,218th most popular athlete (down from 1,508th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 793rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Torben Grael ranks 2,218 out of 6,025. Before him are Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Charles Manring, Benny Brown, Svetla Otsetova, Rusty Wailes, and Nobutaka Taguchi. After him are William Gilmore, Arto Härkönen, Jon Drummond, Robert Stangland, Dean Crawford, and Pertti Purhonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Torben Grael ranks 545. Before him are Peter Pišťanek, Takashi Sekizuka, Benjamín Galindo, Kim Thayil, Emma Samms, and Seiko Noda. After him are Bogaletch Gebre, Kevin Doyle, Connie Hedegaard, Anders Nordström, Stuart Hamm, and Silk Smitha.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Torben Grael ranks 923 out of 2,236. Before him are Nathalia Dill (1986), Euller (1971), Otacílio Gonçalves (1940), Renato (1979), Tony Kanaan (1974), and Heurelho Gomes (1981). After him are Argel Fucks (1974), Juninho (1977), Brandão (1980), Ana Beatriz Barros (1982), Emerson Palmieri (1994), and Ronny (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Brazil

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 Glover Teixeira (1979), Robson da Silva (1964), Robert Scheidt (1973), Renzo Gracie (1967), Maurren Maggi (1976), and Ricardo Santos (1975).

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