Marco Grael / Gabriel Borges

Marco Soffiatti Grael was born on 9 June 1989 in Niterói, Brazil. He is the son of five-time Olympic medallist Torben Grael, brother of double Olympic champion Martine Grael and nephew of Lars Grael.

With Gabriel Borges he represented Brazil in the 49er at Rio 2016 (11th) and Tokyo 2020 (16th), and the pair won Pan American Games gold at Lima 2019 by 12 points, ahead of Argentina's Yago and Klaus Lange. Grael raced his third Olympics at Paris 2024 with Gabriel Simões, finishing 19th, and has since joined the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team as a grinder.

Gabriel Borges was born on 24 February 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. He crewed for Marco Grael at the Rio 2016 Olympics, where they finished 11th on home waters.

After a split following Rio, the two were back together by the end of 2018 and won the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima by 12 points. They finished 16th at Tokyo 2020. Their onboard footage of a wild 49er downwind at the 2020 Oceania Championship in Geelong became one of the class's most-watched clips.