Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the

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class. Together with

Martine Grael 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. ...

she won the 49er FX class at the

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and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, a feat both repeated at

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Life

She is the daughter of Claudio Kunze, a former sailor who won a junior world championship in the

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class. Her name is an homage to the warrior

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunze, Kahena 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo Brazilian female sailors (sport) 420 class sailors 49er FX class sailors Olympic sailors of Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 49er FX class world champions World champions in sailing for Brazil ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) Pan American Games medalists in sailing Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games