1. Andrew Blair Tuke was born on 25 July 1989 and is a New Zealand sailor who won the 2021 Americas Cup Held in Auckland and won the 2017 Version held in Bermuda.
13 Facts About Blair Tuke
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Blair Tuke won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 49er class alongside Peter Burling.
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Blair Tuke and Burling won Silver at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, missing the gold medal on countback.
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At the 2012 London Olympics, Burling and Blair Tuke were the youngest team.
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Blair Tuke and Burling are the first sailors to win six 49er class World Championships.
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In 2013, Blair Tuke was a member of the New Zealand team which won the inaugural Red Bull Youth America's Cup.
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In November 2015 the International Sailing Federation announced that Blair Tuke and Burling were the ISAF Rolex World Male Sailors of the year.
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Blair Tuke is a member of Emirates Team New Zealand that have won the 35th America's Cup, 36th America's Cup and recently the 37th America's Cup.
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Blair Tuke attended Riverview Primary School and then Kerikeri High School before going to St Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Auckland.
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Blair Tuke learned to sail at the Kerikeri High School sailing academy and the Kerikeri Cruising Club, of which he is still a member.
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Blair Tuke and Burling won the 49er World Championship in 2013,2014,2015,2016,2019 and 2020, and the 49er European championships in 2013,2014,2015,2016 and 2019.
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Blair Tuke and Burling were awarded the ISAF World Male Sailor of the Year for 2015.
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Blair Tuke was a key member of the Emirates Team New Zealand sailing team which won the America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017, Auckland in 2021, and Barcelona in 2024.