BURLING Peter

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	49er	2012	London, GBR
11	470	2008	Beijing, CHN

ISAF World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2014	Santander, ESP
2	49er	2011	Fremantle, WA, AUS
45	470	2007	Cascais, POR

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2020	Geelong, VIC, AUS
1	49er	2019	Auckland, NZL
1	49er	2016	Clearwater, FL, USA
1	49er	2015	Buenos Aires, ARG
1	49er	2013	Marseille, FRA
2	49er	2012	Zadar, CRO

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	49er	2019	Weymouth, GBR

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	49er	2019	Genoa, ITA

Pistol, Pete (emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com, 01 Jan 2017; volkswagen.co.nz, 27 Jul 2015)

Diving, surfing. (olympic.org.nz, 01 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Engineering - University of Auckland, New Zealand

English

Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club [New Zealand]

Hamish Willcox

He took up the sport at age six in a wooden Optimist boat in Welcome Bay off Tauranga, New Zealand. He began racing at age eight and won his first youth national title at age 12. (stuff.co.nz, 30 Apr 2015; 3news.co.nz, 26 Feb 2015; sailing.org, 18 Dec 2011)

When he was young his parents bought his brother an Optimist. Burling was then encouraged to try sailing too. "I didn't really enjoy it that much until I got into the racing side of it. After that things happened pretty quickly. I really fell in love with the sport. I kept pushing from there and found I wasn't too bad at it." (stuff.co.nz, 30 Apr 2015; 3news.co.nz, 26 Feb 2015; sailing.org, 18 Dec 2011)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win the Volvo Ocean Race [VOR]. (stuff.co.nz, 17 Jul 2020; newshub.co.nz, 04 Mar 2020)

He sails almost 300 days a year. (sailingworld.com, 04 Aug 2020)

New Zealand sailor Russell Coutts. (nzherald.co.nz, 19 Feb 2015)

His parents. (sailing.org, 18 Dec 2011)

"Performing at your highest level when you need to is important. I don't do any meditation or anything like that, it's more about practice and exposing yourself to pressure a lot. It's something that I've got better at over my career, so I can put my best foot forward." (scmp.com, 20 Jun 2020)

In 2017 he was made Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sailing. (sail-world.com, 05 Mar 2020)

He and his crewmate Blair Tuke were flag bearers for New Zealand at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (scmp.com, 20 Jun 2020)

In 2015 he and Blair Tuke were named Male Sailors of the Year by World Sailing [ISAF]. (sailing.org, 10 Nov 2015)

He and Blair Tuke were named Yachting New Zealand's Sailors of the Year in 2013, 2014, and 2015. (yachtingnz.org.nz, 28 Nov 2015; 3news.co.nz, 26 Feb 2015; nzherald.co.nz, 19 Feb 2015)

He was named Yachting New Zealand's Young Sailor of the Year in 2008 and 2011. (3news.co.nz, 26 Feb 2015; sail-world.com, 28 Oct 2011)

He and his 420 crewmate Carl Evans were named Yachting New Zealand's Young Sailors of the Year for 2006 and 2007. (yachtingnz.org.nz, 14 Feb 2008)