&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Peter_Blake_at_Dunedin_airport.jpg) Blake in 2000 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Peter James Blake |
| Born | 1 October 1948 Bayswater |
| Died | 5 December 2001 (aged 53) Macapá, Brazil |
| Education | Takapuna Grammar School, Belmont Intermediate School |
| Spouse |
Pippa Jane Glanville
(m. 1979) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Sailing |
| Event(s) | 1992 America's Cup, 1995 America's Cup, 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race, 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race, Jules Verne Trophy |
| Team | Team New Zealand |
Sir Peter James Blake KBE (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the around the world sailing record as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand, and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup.
Blake was shot and killed by pirates while monitoring environment change on the Amazon River on 5 December 2001. He was 53 years old.