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Peter Burling MNZM (born 1 January 1991) is a New Zealand sailor. 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.
A team on the water since 2008, and arguably one of the sport’s most successful pairings, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke joined SailGP in August 2020, when they were announced as Co-CEOs of the newly formed New Zealand team.
May 8, 2021 · America’s Cup-Winning Captain Peter Burling on the Only Watch He Owns and Racing off the Grid The world sailor balances high-performance activities with rest and podcasts.
Peter Burling, born in Tauranga in 1991, is one of the greatest New Zealand sailors, a triple Olympic medallist in the 49er class, and a double America’s Cup winner. Burling started sailing at six in the Welcome Bay estuary near his home in Tauranga.
Jun 15, 2017 · When “Pistol Pete” Burling drives Emirates Team New Zealand’s sleek black catamaran into the opening race of the America’s Cup on Sunday, the cool young helmsman will be on the cusp of becoming the greatest sailor New Zealand has known – although plenty believe he is already there.
Burling won his first world title at 15, was New Zealand's youngest Olympic sailor when he competed as a 17-year-old in Beijing and in London in 2012 became the second-youngest Kiwi...
Nov 13, 2017 · CNN — He’s just been named World Sailor of the Year for the second time in three years, but Peter Burling was nowhere to be seen at this week’s glitzy Mexican award ceremony. Instead the Kiwi...
