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Born | 1 January 1991 Tauranga, New Zealand School: Tauranga Boys' College | (age 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]