Blair Tuke
Blair Tuke medal table |
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Blair Tuke (2018) |
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New Zealand | ||
Olympic games | ||
silver | London 2012 | 49er |
gold | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 49er |
World championships | ||
silver | Perth 2011 | 49er |
silver | Zadar 2012 | 49er |
gold | Marseille 2013 | 49er |
gold | Santander 2014 | 49er |
gold | Buenos Aires 2015 | 49er |
gold | Clearwater 2016 | 49er |
gold | Auckland 2019 | 49er |
gold | Geelong 2020 | 49er |
Blair Tuke , MNZM (born July 25, 1989 in Kawakawa ) is a New Zealand sailor .
successes
Blair Tuke took part in two Olympic Games . In 2012 in London he started with Peter Burling in the 49er dinghy . The two finished the regatta behind the Australian and in front of the Danish crew in second place, which they won the silver medal. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he and Peter Burling managed to outperform the 2012 Games. This time they finished first with a larger margin ahead of the Australians Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen and received the gold medal as Olympic champions . At the opening ceremony of the Games, he and Burling were the flag bearers of the New Zealand delegation.
At world championships , he and Peter Burling won the title six times with the 49er dinghy between 2013 and 2020. In 2011 and 2012 the two took second place. He won the America's Cup with Team New Zealand in 2017 .
In 2015 the World Sailing Association named Tuke and Burling as World Sailor of the Year . At the end of 2016, like Burling, he was named a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his Olympic success .
Web links
- Blair Tuke in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Blair Tuke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Blair Tuke in the New Zealand Olympic Committee (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Year Honors List 2017. In: dpmc.govt.nz. December 31, 2016, accessed February 15, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tuke, Blair |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand sailor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kawakawa , New Zealand |