Lars Grael
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Lars Schmidt Grael (born February 9, 1964, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician and former professional sailor, having won two Olympic bronze medals (in 1988 and 1996).
His brother, Torben Grael, is also a sailor. Together they won the 1983 Snipe World Championship. Another brother, Axel Grael, is the current mayor of Niterói.
Lars is also ten-time Brazilian and five-time South American champion for the Tornado class, in which he also won his medals, eight years apart, in the Seoul and Atlanta Summer Olympics, alongside Clinio Freitas and Henrique Pellicano, respectively.
In September 1998, he had a serious accident in Vitória, Espírito Santo, caused by the negligence of a boat driver that left the boat propeller uncovered, which amputated one of the athlete's legs. Grael then gradually began to take a role to promote the sport in politics.
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- 1964 births
- Sailors (sport) from São Paulo
- Sportspeople from Niterói
- Brazilian amputees
- Brazilian people of Danish descent
- Brazilian people of Polish descent
- Brazilian male sailors (sport)
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Olympic sailors for Brazil
- Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Open Snipe class world champions
- Star class sailors
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World champions in sailing for Brazil
- Star class world champions
- Grael family
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen