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}} Peter Burling (born 1 January 1991) is a New Zealand sailor who won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics as helm in the 49er class alongside Blair Tuke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/other-sports/7442679/Yachties-win-NZs-100th-Olympic-medal )〕 Burling (then aged 21) was the youngest 49er sailor at the London Olympics. Their silver medal was New Zealand's 100th Olympic medal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10825613 )〕 In November 2015 the International Sailing Federation announced that Burling and Tuke were the ISAF Rolex World Male Sailors of the year. Burling is the current World Champion (2013, 2014 and 2015) in the 49er and the International Moth (2015). He is the helmsman for Emirates Team New Zealand's 2017 Americas Cup campaign. == Early career == Burling started sailing in the Welcome Bay estuary near his home in Tauranga, New Zealand, at the age of six. At the age of eight, he joined Tauranga Yacht Club and started competing. He 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).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wakatere.org.nz/Results/Opti%20Nats%20Final%20Results.pdf )〕 He competed in the 2002 Optimist World Championships 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. He stopped sailing the Optimist at age 12. At age 13, he was 2nd in the New Zealand P class Nationals (under 17). He won the NZ Starling nationals (under 19) – (winning both the Fleet racing and Matchracing titles) twice – at age 14〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503345&objectid=10919040 )〕 and 15.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/pda.cfm?Nid=20995&RequestTimeOut=180 )〕 At the age of fifteen Burling (with 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10395027 )〕 At 16 years old Burling defended his 420 title to win the 420 Class Worlds sailed in Auckland. He also won the under-18 world championship. Burling was educated at Welcome Bay School, Tauranga Intermediate School, Tauranga Boys College and the University of Auckland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Burling (sailor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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