Peter Burling is one half of one of the most successful sailing duos in recent history and, together with Blair Tuke, will be looking to defend the gold medal they won in the 49er class at the Rio Olympic Games.
Pete and Blair won in Rio by a mammoth 43 points, the biggest winning margin in any Olympic regatta in the modern era but it didn't come as a surprise considering they were virtually unbeatable in the four years leading into those Games. That gold came on the back of the silver they won in the 49er at the London 2012 Olympic Games, New Zealand's 100th Olympic medal.
The pair took a break after Rio to help Emirates Team New Zealand win the 2017 America's Cup and then compete in the Volvo Ocean Race. They jumped back in the 49er towards the end of 2018 and have since added two more world 49er championship titles to the four they had already collected (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016), as well as gold at last year's Olympic test event.
Pete and Blair, who are coached by Hamish Willcox, last year set up an environmental charity, Live Ocean, to help position New Zealand as world leaders in ocean health. The pair are keen divers and surfers and are rarely seen far away from the ocean.
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Peter's Games History
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Olympic Summer Games Rio 2016
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49er Men's Skiff Medal Race (Burling/Tuke) 35pts49er Men's Skiff Race 12 (Burling/Tuke) 4pts Q49er Men's Skiff Race 11 (Burling/Tuke) 5pts49er Men's Skiff Race 10 (Burling/Tuke) 3pts49er Men's Skiff Race 09 (Burling/Tuke) 1pt49er Men's Skiff Race 08 (Burling/Tuke) 3pts49er Men's Skiff Race 07 (Burling/Tuke) 2pts49er Men's Skiff Race 06 (Burling/Tuke) 6pts49er Men's Skiff Race 05 (Burling/Tuke) 8pts49er Men's Skiff Race 04 (Burling/Tuke) 2pts49er Men's Skiff Race 03 (Burling/Tuke) 5pts49er Men's Skiff Race 02 (Burling/Tuke) 1pts49er Men's Skiff Race 01 (Burling/Tuke) 1pt1
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Olympic Summer Games London 2012
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Medal Race 4Race 15 6Race 14 6Race 13 15Race 12 2Race 11 1Race 10 2Race 09 7Race 04 7Race 03 1Race 02 7Race 01 9Race 08 11Race 07 9Race 06 5Race 05 32
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Olympic Summer Games Beijing 2008
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Race 10 7thRace 09 1stRace 08 12thRace 07 22ndRace 06 10thRace 05 DQRace 04 12thRace 03 14thRace 02 10thRace 01 7th
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Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sydney Youth Festival 2007
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Final won 3 races from 4Semifinals won 11 races from 17Round 2 won 10 races from 14Round 1 won 6 races from 83
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