&sq=&lang=&file=File:Peter_Burling_MNZM_(cropped).jpg) Burling in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 January 1991 (age 33) Tauranga, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49er | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Burling MNZM (born 1 January 1991) is a New Zealand sailor. He is the 3-time winning helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand for the 2024, 2021 and 2017 America's cups. (2024 and 2021 as skipper).
Burling won an Olympic gold medal in the 49er class at the 2016 games and silver medals in the 2012 and 2020 Olympics.[1][2]
Burling is a founder of Live Ocean - a registered New Zealand charity which supports and invests in promising marine science, innovation, technology and marine conservation projects.
He was named as male World Sailor of the Year at the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards in 2017.[3] He and his 49er partner Blair Tuke also won the award in 2015, and were finalists in 2014 and 2016.
Burling was awarded the Magnus Olsson prize for 2020 "for an indelible contribution to the world of sailing."[4]
He has won six 49er World Championships, two 420 class World Championships and the 2015 Moth World Championships.
Burling sailed as watch captain and helmsman with Team Brunel on the Round-the-World 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race finishing 3rd overall in the closest finish in the history of the race, with the top 3 boats going into the final leg effectively tied on points and finishing just 25 minutes apart.[5] Team Brunel won 3 of the final 5 legs, including the leg from Auckland to Brazil, which the organisers say was the hardest leg in the history of the race.[6]
Together with Blair Tuke, he is joint CEO of the New Zealand SailGP Team.[7]
Burling married long time partner, Lucinda Nelson, on the weekend of the 4th March 2023 in the Coromandel Peninsula, on New Zealand's North Island. Teammates & friends Blair Tuke, Andy Maloney, and Josh Junior were his groomsmen.[8]
- ^ "49er Olympic results 2016". sailing.org. sailing.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand win 49er Gold, Australia silver, Germany bronze". Sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana. "Sailor of the year: Master of the understatement". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Team New Zealand star Peter Burling wins top international yachting award". Stuff. Stuff. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Dongfeng Race Team win the Volvo Ocean Race with late pass on final day". Volvooceanrace.com. Volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Team Brunel hold on to win toughest stage of Volvo Ocean Race". volvooceanrace.com. Volvo Ocean race. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter Burling and Blair Tuke launch New Zealand SailGP team". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "End of Summer Weddings for Sporting Stars Peter Burling and Steven Luatua".