Peter Burling (sailor)

Peter Burling
MNZM
Burling in 2018
Personal information
Born1 January 1991 (1991-01) (age 33)
Tauranga, New Zealand
School: Tauranga Boys' College
Sailing career
Class49er
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Sailing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 0
Sailing World Championships 9 3 2
Total 10 5 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49er class
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 49er class
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 49er class
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Geelong 49er
Gold medal – first place 2019 Auckland 49er
Gold medal – first place 2016 Clearwater 49er
Gold medal – first place 2015 Buenos Aires 49er
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sorrento Int. Moth
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santander 49er
Gold medal – first place 2013 Marseille 49er
Gold medal – first place 2007 Auckland 420
Gold medal – first place 2006 Canary Islands 420
Silver medal – second place 2017 Garda Int. Moth
Silver medal – second place 2012 Zadar 49er
Silver medal – second place 2011 Perth 49er
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Auckland A-class
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Perth Team racing

Peter Burling MNZM (born 1 January 1991) is a New Zealand sailor. He is the skipper and helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand for the 2024 America's Cup defense. He was the 2021 America's Cup winning skipper and helmsman, and the 2017 America's Cup winning helmsman of Team New Zealand. 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]

  1. ^ "49er Olympic results 2016". sailing.org. sailing.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "End of Summer Weddings for Sporting Stars Peter Burling and Steven Luatua".

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