Kahena Kunze

Kunze at the 2015 Pan American Games

Personal information

Born

12 March 1991
São Paulo, São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil^[1]

Height

172 cm (5 ft 8 in)^[1]

Weight

68 kg (150 lb)

Sailing career

Class(es)

420, 49er FX

Club

Rio Yacht Club

Coach

Javier Torres del Moral

Medal record

Sailing
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	49erFX
World Championships
	2014 Santander	49erFX
	2013 Marseille	49erFX
	2015 Buenos Aires	49erFX
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	49erFX

Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class.^[2] Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships^[3] and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[4]

She is the daughter of Claudio Kunze, a former sailor who won a junior world championship in the Penguin class. Her name is an homage to the warrior Kahina.^[5]

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015 ^[6]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
2010	470 World Championships	Hague, Netherlands	7th	470 class
2011	ISAF Sailing World Championships	Perth, Australia	8th	470 class
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

References

1 2 Kahena Kunze. cob.org.br
↑ "Martine Grael Kahena Kunze". 49er.org.
↑ "World Sailor of the Year – About – ISAF – World Sailing – Official Website : Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)". sailing.org.
↑ NEWSFLASH - Brazil wins 49erFX gold by 2 seconds from New Zealand
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↑ Kahena Kunze. sailing.org

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Kahena Kunze at World Sailing

Awards
Preceded by Poliana Okimoto	Brazilian Sportswomen of the Year alongside Martine Grael 2014	Succeeded by Incumbent

Olympic Champions in 49erFX

2016: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)

World Champions in 49er FX

2013: Maloney & Meech 2014: Grael & Kunze 2014: Conti & Clapcich 2014: Echegoyen & Betanzos

ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)

1994: Zabell 1995: Autissier 1996: Lee 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Brouwer 1999: Matthijsse 2000: Robertson 2001: MacArthur 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Sundby 2004: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2005: MacArthur 2006: Railey 2007: Leroy 2008: Sensini 2009: Tunnicliffe 2010: Manchón 2011: Tunnicliffe 2012: Xu 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Grael & Kunze 2015: Ayton

Prêmio Brasil Olímpico

Men	1999: Gustavo Kuerten 2000: Gustavo Kuerten 2001: Robert Scheidt 2002: Nalbert Bitencourt 2003: Fernando Meligeni 2004: Vanderlei de Lima 2005: João Derly 2006: Giba 2007: Thiago Pereira 2008: César Cielo 2009: César Cielo 2010: Murilo Endres 2011: César Cielo 2012: Arthur Zanetti 2013: Jorge Zarif 2014: Arthur Zanetti 2015: Isaquias Queiroz

Women	1999: Maurren Maggi 2000: Leila Barros 2001: Daniele Hypólito 2002: Daniele Hypólito 2003: Daiane dos Santos 2004: Daiane dos Santos 2005: Natália Falavigna 2006: Laís Souza 2007: Jade Barbosa 2008: Maurren Maggi 2009: Sarah Menezes 2010: Fabiana Murer 2011: Fabiana Murer 2012: Sheilla Castro 2013: Poliana Okimoto 2014: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze 2015: Ana Marcela Cunha

Adhemar Trophy	2001: Nelson Prudêncio 2002: João Gonçalves Filho 2003: Amaury Pasos 2004: Maria Lenk 2005: Agberto Guimarães 2006: Aída dos Santos 2007: André Gustavo Richer 2008: João Havelange 2009: Joaquim Cruz 2010: Éder Jofre 2011: Bernard Rajzman 2012: Hortência Marcari 2013: Torben Grael 2014: Vanderlei de Lima 2015: Gustavo Kuerten

Fan's Choice	2014: Flávia Saraiva 2015: Thiago Pereira

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