Peter Burling (sailor)

Peter Burling
Burling in 2018
Personal information
Born1 January 1991 (1991-01) (age 35)
Tauranga, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sailing career
Class49er
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Sailing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 0
World championships 9 3 2
Total 10 5 2
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 49er class
2020 Tokyo 49er class
2012 London 49er class
World championships
2020 Geelong 49er
2019 Auckland 49er
2016 Clearwater 49er
2015 Buenos Aires 49er
2015 Sorrento Int. Moth
2014 Santander 49er
2013 Marseille 49er
2007 Auckland 420
2006 Canary Islands 420
2017 Garda Int. Moth
2012 Zadar 49er
2011 Perth 49er
2014 Auckland A-class
2009 Perth Team racing

Peter Burling MNZM (born 1 January 1991) is a New Zealand sailor. He is a three-time winning helmsman of the America's Cup for Emirates Team New Zealand in 2017, 2021, and 2024, and a three-time Olympic medalist in the 49er class, of which 2016 was a gold medal together with Blair Tuke. He has also won six editions of the 49er World Championship, two 420 World Championships and the 2015 Moth World Championship. In offshore racing, Burling completed the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race with Team Brunel, finishing third. Burling won line honours in the 2025 Fastnet race on SVR-Lazartigue.

Burling's awards include the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sailing, the male World Sailor of the Year in 2015 (together with Tuke) and 2017, and the Magnus Olsson Prize in 2020.