Peter Burling

Yacht Club

Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club

Why This Sport

When I was 6, my brother was given an old wooden Optimist and I started sailing it too.

First Event Competed

NZL Opti Nationals 2000 age 9

Coached Since

2013

Hometown

Tauranga, New Zealand

Starting Age

6

Boat First Sailed

opti

Current Class

470

Education

Studying Engineering at University of Auckland

Most Influential Person

My father

Racing Age

8

Campaign Website

https://www.facebook.com/PeteBurlingNZ?fref=ts

First Event Won

NZL Opti Nationals 2003 age 12

Awards

Yachting New Zealand Young Sailor of the Year 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 Yachting New Zealand Sailor of the Year 2013 (with Blair Tuke)

General Interest

Surfing, Wake boarding, mountain biking, kiteboarding,

Sporting Relatives

None.

Best Sporting Achievement

Olympic 49er Silver medal 2012 at age 21, 49er World Champion 2013, 2014. 420 World Champion 2006 and 2007 (at age 15 and 16)

Yacht Club Location

Tauranga

Coach

Hamish Wilcox