Kahena Kunze

Kahena Kunze
Kunze at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Born (1991-03-12) 12 March 1991
São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClubIate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
Coached byJavier Torres del Moral
Classes
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro49er FX
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo49er FX
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Santander49er FX
Silver medal – second place2013 Marseille49er FX
Silver medal – second place2015 Buenos Aires49er FX
Silver medal – second place2017 Matosinhos49er FX
Silver medal – second place2019 Auckland49er FX
Bronze medal – third place2021 Al-Mussanah49er FX
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima49er FX
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago49er FX
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto49er FX

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] a feat both repeated at Tokyo 2020.[5]

In 2025 Kahena sailed for the Brazil SailGP Team in the SailGP competition, in 2026 she joined the Danish team as strategist.

Personal life

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.[6]

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015[7]
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2010470 World ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands7th470 class
2011ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsPerth, Australia8th470 class
2012470 World ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain8th470 class
201349er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsMarseille, France2nd49er FX class
2014ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsSantander, Spain1st49er FX class
201549er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2nd49er FX class
201649er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsClearwater, USA6th49er FX class
20162016 Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st49er FX class
201749er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsMatosinhos, Portugal2nd49er FX class
201949er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand2nd49er FX class
20212020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan1st49er FX class
202149er & 49er FX World ChampionshipsAl-Mussanah, Oman3rd49er FX class

References

  1. 1 2 Kahena Kunze Archived 9 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ "Martine Grael Kahena Kunze". 49er.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "World Sailor of the Year: Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)". sailing.org.
  4. ↑ "NEWSFLASH - Brazil wins 49erFX gold by 2 seconds from New Zealand". sailing.org.
  5. ↑ "Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze win gold for Brazil in the women's skiff 49er FX". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "E se nós fôssemos... Engenheiras ambientais | Esporte | O Dia". odia.ig.com.br.
  7. ↑ Kahena Kunze. sailing.org
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