Blair Tuke
Andrew Blair Tuke is a New Zealand sailor who 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.
He 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. www.liveocean.com
Tuke with Burling was co-captain of the New Zealand team at the 2016 Olympics. They are just the 4th New Zealand flagbearer to win a gold medal at the same Olympics.
Burling and Tuke won the 2016 Olympics with two races to spare and by an overall 43 point margin – winning by the most points of any sailing class in the Olympics since 1968. They finished ahead of the second placed boat in 11 of the 13 races, being behind by just three points in race 3 and one point in race 10.
Burling and Tuke were named New Zealand sports Team of the Year at the Halberg Awards in Feb 2017.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Burling and Tuke were the youngest team. Their silver medal was New Zealand's 100th Olympic medal.
Tuke and Burling are the first sailors to win six 49er class World Championships.
They won all 28 of the major regattas in the 49er between the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics. The only 49er regatta they did not win in the four-year period was third place at a short training regatta in July 2016. In 2013, Tuke was a member of the New Zealand team which won the inaugural Red Bull Youth America's Cup.
In November 2015 the International Sailing Federation announced that Tuke and Burling were the ISAF Rolex World Male Sailors of the year.
Burling and Tuke were named as Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sailing in the New Years Honours 2017.
Tuke was a member of Emirates Team New Zealand that won the 35th America's Cup. He sailed on Mapfre, finishing second in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.
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, 2016 and 2019 World Champions in the 49er, they also won the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019 49er European championships. They won all 28 of the major regattas in the 49er between the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics .Tuke and Burling were awarded the ISAF World Male Sailor of the Year for 2015.
Tuke was a key member of the Emirates Team New Zealand sailing team which won the America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017.
Olympic Games
- 2016 – 49er class with Peter Burling
- 2012 – 49er class with Peter Burling
World Championship titles
- 2020 – 49er World Champion – Geelong, Australia
- 2019 – 49er World Champion – Auckland, New Zealand
- 2016 – 49er World Champion – Clearwater, Florida, USA
- 2015 – 49er World Champion – Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2014 – 49er World Champion – Santander, Spain
- 2013 – 49er World Champion Marseille, France
- 2009 – 29er World Champion
- 2006 – Splash World Champion
Other World Championship results
- 3rd – 2018 – 3rd A class catamaran World Championships – Hervey Bay, Australia
- 2nd – 2014 – 2nd A class catamaran World Championships – Auckland, New Zealand
- 2nd – 2012 – 2nd 49er World Championships – Croatia
- 2nd – 2011 – 2nd 49er World Championships – Perth, Australia
- 2nd – 2007 Volvo Youth ISAF World Championships – 29er Class
- 6th – 2015 – Moth World Championships –
- 8th – 2013 – A Class World Championships –
- 8th – 2007 420 World Championships
- 9th – 2008 – 29er World Championships
- 17th – 2010 – 49er World Championships – Bahamas
- 26th – 2009 – 49er World Championships – Lake Garda, Italy
- 26th – 2008 – Tornado World Championships
Other achievements
2020 49er regattas:-
2020 – 49er World Championships – Geelong, Australia with Peter Burling)2020 2nd 49er Oceanias
2019 49er regattas:-
2019 – 49er World Championships – Auckland, New Zealand with Peter Burling)2019 3rd 49er Oceanias
2019 7th Princessa Sofia Regatta
2019 3rd World Cup Regatta Genoa
2019 1st 49er Europeans
2019 1st 49er Olympic test event
2017
2017 1st Swan River Match Cup – sailing with Peter Burling, Glenn Ashby and Josh Junior.2016 49er regattas
2016 1st 49er 2016 Olympics with Peter Burling2016 3rd 49er Rio de Janeiro International Sailing week
2016 1st 49er Kieler Woche regatta, Germany
2016 1st 49er Sailing World Cup Hyeres regatta, France
2016 1st 49er European Championships – Barcelona, Spain
2016 1st 49er World Championships – Clearwater, Florida, USA
2016 1st 49er NZL Nationals
2016 America's Cup World series regattas
Crewing for Emirates Team New Zealand2016 1st America's Cup World Series regatta, New York
2016 3rd America's Cup World Series regatta, Oman
2016 4th America's Cup World Series regatta, Chicago
2016 5th Americas Cup World Series regatta, Toulon, France
2015 49er regattas
2015 1st 49er World Champs, Buenos Aires2015 1st 49er South American Champs, Buenos Aires
2015 1st 49er Olympic Test Event, Rio de Janeiro
2015 1st 49er Rio de Janeiro International sailing week
2015 1st 49er Europeans
2015 1st 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth regatta
2015 1st 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres regatta
2015 1st 49er Princess Sofia Regatta
2015 1st 49er Sail Auckland
2015 1st 49er NZL Nationals
2015 America's Cup World Series regattas
Crewing for Emirates Team New Zealand – overall leader of 2015 America's Cup World Series2015 2nd America's Cup World Series Bermuda
2015 1st America's Cup World Series Gothenburg
2015 2nd America's Cup World Series Portsmouth
2014
2014 1st 49er Intergalactic Championships, Rio de Janeiro2014 1st 49er South American Championships, Rio de Janeiro
2014 1st 49er Rio International Regatta, Rio de Janeiro
2014 1st 49er European Championships, Helsinki
2014 1st 49er Hyeres World cup regatta
2014 1st 49er Mallorca World cup regatta
2013 and previous
2013 1st – Red Bull Youth America's Cup2013 1st 49er European Championships
2013 1st 49er Sail Auckland
2010 1st 49er North American Championships
2009 Completed 120 nm Coastal Classic course in 49er with Peter Burling
2009 New Zealand National Youth Matchracing Champion
2006 wins world championship splash
Awards
- Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sailing, 2017 New Year Honours.
- Finalist, Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2016
- ISAF Rolex World Male Sailor of the year 2015
- Finalist, Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2014
- Yachting New Zealand Sailor of the Year 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Finalist Halberg awards, Team of the Year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
- Winner, Far North District Council Supreme Sports Award 2009-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17, Top Energy Far North Sportsman of the Year 2016-17 and ASB Code Sailing Award 2016-17.
- Halberg Sports Team of the Year 2016.