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Peter Burling was born on 1 January, 1991 in Tauranga, New Zealand
School: Tauranga Boys' College, is a New Zealand sailor. Discover Peter Burling's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 33 years old?
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33 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
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1 January, 1991 |
| Birthday |
1 January |
| Birthplace |
Tauranga, New Zealand<BR>School: Tauranga Boys' College |
| Nationality |
New Zealand
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He is a member of famous sailor with the age 33 years old group.
Peter Burling Height, Weight & Measurements
At 33 years old, Peter Burling height is 1.86 m and Weight 82 kg.
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1.86 m |
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82 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Peter Burling Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Peter Burling worth at the age of 33 years old? Peter Burling’s income source is mostly from being a successful sailor. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Peter Burling's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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sailor |
Peter Burling Social Network
Timeline
Peter Burling (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 was born in 1991 in Tauranga.
His education began at Welcome Bay School and Tauranga Intermediate School.
He started sailing at the age of six in the Welcome Bay estuary near his home in Tauranga, in an old wooden Optimist called Jellytip.
At the age of eight, he joined Tauranga Yacht Club and started competing.
Burling attended high school at Tauranga Boys' College, also attended at the time by cricketer Kane Williamson.
He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland where he completed half of the 4 year degree.
Burling sailed in his first Optimist nationals at age 9.
At the age of 11 in 2002, Burling finished 2nd in the New Zealand Optimist Nationals (under-16).
He competed in the 2002 Optimist World Championship in Texas at the age of 11.
In 2003 at the age of 12, Burling won the New Zealand Optimist Nationals and competed in the 2003 Optimist Worlds in the Canary Islands where he finished 40th.
He stopped sailing the Optimist at age 12.
At the age of fifteen Burling and Carl Evans won the 2006 420 class Worlds in the Canary Islands – the youngest sailors ever to do so.
They also won the under-16 and under-18 world championships.
At 16 years old Burling successfully defended his 420 title to win the 420 class Worlds sailed in Auckland.
He also won the under-18 world championship.
Burling finished 6th in the 2007 470 Europeans – his first international 470 regatta and had his best world ranking in the 470 of 5th in 2008.
Burling was skipper and helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand's 2021 America's cup campaign.
Emirates Team New Zealand won the 2021 America's Cup event in Auckland on 17 March 2021.
He helmed for Team Korea's White Tiger Challenge, in the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series in San Francisco in 2012.
At age 13, he was 2nd in the New Zealand P class Nationals (under 17), to Timaru local hero Thomas Olds.
He won the NZ Starling nationals (under 19) – (winning both the Fleet racing and Matchracing titles) twice – at age 14 and 15.
Burling skippered the New Zealand Sailing Team entry to victory in the inaugural Red Bull Youth America's Cup in San Francisco in September 2013.
He and his 49er partner Blair Tuke also won the award in 2015, and were finalists in 2014 and 2016.
He has won six 49er World Championships, two 420 class World Championships and the 2015 Moth World Championships.
Burling won an Olympic gold medal in the 49er class at the 2016 games and silver medals in the 2012 and 2020 Olympics.
Burling is a founder of Live Ocean - a registered New Zealand charity which supports and invests in promising marine science, innovation, technology and marine conservation projects.
Burling with Blair Tuke were Olympic flag bearers for New Zealand at the 2016 Olympics.
They were just the 4th New Zealand flagbearers to win a gold medal at the same Olympics.
He was named as male World Sailor of the Year at the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards in 2017.
Burling sailed as watch captain and helmsman with Team Brunel on the Round-the-World 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race finishing 3rd overall in the closest finish in the history of the race, with the top 3 boats going into the final leg effectively tied on points and finishing just 25 minutes apart.
Team Brunel won 3 of the final 5 legs, including the leg from Auckland to Brazil, which the organisers say was the hardest leg in the history of the race.
Together with Blair Tuke, he is joint CEO of the New Zealand SailGP team.
Burling married long time partner, Lucinda Nelson, on the weekend of the 4th March 2023 in the Coromandel Peninsula, on New Zealand's North Island.
He was the helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand's 2017 America's Cup campaign, which was raced in Bermuda.
On 27 June 2017, he became the youngest winning helmsman in the history of the Americas Cup, when at age 26 he and his team won the 35th competition for the cup.
Burling was awarded the Magnus Olsson prize for 2020 "for an indelible contribution to the world of sailing."
Emirates Team New Zealand won the 2020 America's Cup World Series event in Auckland December 2020.
