Kahena Kunze | |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1991 |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Height: | 172 cm[1] |
Weight: | 68 kg |
Classes: | 420, 49er FX |
Club: | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
Coach: | Javier Torres del Moral |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]
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]
2010 | The Hague, Netherlands | 7th | 470 class | ||
2011 | Perth, Australia | 8th | 470 class | ||
2012 | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | 470 class | ||
2013 | Marseille, France | 2nd | 49er FX class | ||
2014 | Santander, Spain | 1st | 49er FX class | ||
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | 49er FX class | |||
2016 | Clearwater, USA | 6th | 49er FX class | ||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 49er FX class | ||
2017 | Matosinhos, Portugal | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 49er FX class | |
2019 | Auckland, New Zealand | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 49er FX class | |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 49er FX class | ||
2021 | Al-Mussanah, Oman | 3rd | 49er FX class |