Blair Tuke

Blair Tuke

Blair Tuke in Kerikeri 2016
Personal information
Born 25 July 1989 (1989-07-25) (age 27)
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Sailing career
Class(es) 49er
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Sailing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
Sailing World Championships 6 3 0
Total 7 4 0
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 49er class
2012 London 49er class
World Championships
2016 Clearwater, USA 49er
2015 Buenos Aires, Arg 49er
2014 Santander, Spain 49er
2013 Marseille, France 49er
2009 Lake Garda, Italy 29er
2006 Lake Garda, Italy Splash
2014 Auckland. NZL A-class
2012 Zadar, Croatia 49er
2011 Perth, Aus 49er

Blair Tuke (born 25 July 1989) is a New Zealand sailor who won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1][2] and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics as helm in the 49er class alongside Peter Burling.[3]

Tuke with Burling was co-captain of the New Zealand team at the 2016 Olympics.[4] They are just the 4th New Zealand flagbearer to win a gold medal at the same Olympics.[5]

Burling and Tuke won the 2016 Olympics with two races to spare[6] and by an overall 43 point margin[7] - winning by the most points of any sailing class in the Olympics since 1968 (when the modern scoring system started).[8] They finished ahead of the second placed (Australian) boat in 11 of the 13 races, being behind by just three points in race 3 and one point in race 10.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Burling and Tuke were the youngest team. Their silver medal was New Zealand's 100th Olympic medal.[9]

Tuke and Burling are the first sailors to win 4 consecutive 49er class World Championships (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016). They won all 28 of the major regattas in the 49er between the London Olympics (2012) and the Rio Olympics (2016). ( They finished 3rd at a short training regatta in July 2016 - the only 49er regatta they did not win in the 4 year period).

In November 2015 the International Sailing Federation announced that Tuke and Burling were the ISAF Rolex World Male Sailors of the year.[10]

Tuke is a member of Emirates Team New Zealand campaigning for the 35th America's Cup.

Personal life

Tuke attended Riverview Primary School and then Kerikeri High School before going to St Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Auckland. He learned to sail at the Kerikeri High School sailing academy, and the Kerikeri Cruising Club of which he is still a member. Tuke is a qualified electrician.

Career

Tuke and Burling are the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 World Champions in the 49er, they also won the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 49er European championships. They won all 28 of the major regattas in the 49er between the London Olympics (2012) and the Rio Olympics (2016) (a record for this Olympic class).[11][12]

Tuke and Burling were awarded the ISAF World Male Sailor of the Year for 2015.[13]

In January 2014 Emirates Team New Zealand announced that it had signed Tuke and Burling for the next America's Cup campaign.[14]

Olympic Games

World Championship Titles

Other World Championship results

Other achievements

2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Unbeaten in major 49er regattas worldwide (27 49er regatta victories since London Olympics).[25]

2016 49er regattas

20161st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er 2016 Olympics with Peter Burling [15][26]

2016 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd 49er Rio de Janeiro International Sailing week[27]

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Kieler Woche regatta, Germany (with Peter Burling)[28][29]

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Sailing World Cup Hyeres regatta, France (with Peter Burling)[30][31]

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er European Championships - Barcelona, Spain (with Peter Burling)[32][33]

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er World Championships – Clearwater, Florida, USA (with Peter Burling)[34][35]

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er NZL Nationals (with Peter Burling)[36]

2016 America's Cup World series regattas

Crewing for Emirates Team New Zealand

2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st America's Cup World Series regatta, New York[37]

2016 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd America's Cup World Series regatta, Oman[38]

2016 4th America's Cup World Series regatta, Chicago[39]

2016 5th Americas Cup World Series regatta, Toulon, France[40]

2015 49er regattas

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er World Champs, Buenos Aires (with Peter Burling)

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er South American Champs, Buenos Aires (with Peter Burling)(Nov[41] 2015)

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Olympic Test Event, Rio de Janeiro (with Peter Burling)(Aug 2015)[42][43]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Rio de Janeiro International sailing week (with Peter Burling)(Aug 2015)[44]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Europeans (Porto, Portugal) (with Peter Burling)[45][46][47]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth regatta (Weymouth, England) (with Peter Burling)[48][49]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres regatta (Hyeres, France) (with Peter Burling)[50][51][52]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Princess Sofia Regatta (Palma, Mallorca) (with Peter Burling)

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Sail Auckland (with Peter Burling)[53]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er NZL Nationals (with Peter Burling)[54]

2015 America's Cup World Series regattas

Crewing for Emirates Team New Zealand - overall leader of 2015 America's Cup World Series[55]

2015 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd America's Cup World Series Bermuda (Oct 2015)[56]

2015 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st America's Cup World Series Gothenburg (Aug 2015)[57][58]

2015 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd America's Cup World Series Portsmouth[59][60]

2014

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Intergalactic Championships, Rio de Janeiro (with Peter Burling)[61]

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er South American Championships, Rio de Janeiro (with Peter Burling)[62]

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Rio International Regatta, Rio de Janeiro (with Peter Burling)[63]

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er European Championships, Helsinki (with Peter Burling)[64][65]

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Hyeres World cup regatta (with Peter Burling)[66]

2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Mallorca World cup regatta (with Peter Burling)[67]

2013 and previous

2013 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st – Red Bull Youth America's Cup (Tactician for NZL sailing team)[68][69]

2013 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er European Championships (Aarhus, Denmark) (with Peter Burling)[70]

2013 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Sail Auckland (with Peter Burling)

2010 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er North American Championships (with Peter Burling)

2009 Completed 120 nm Coastal Classic course in 49er (Auckland to Russell) with Peter Burling[71][72]

2009 1st, gold medalist(s) New Zealand National Youth Matchracing Champion (with Peter Burling and Scott Burling)[73]

Awards

References

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