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

Andrew Blair Tuke MNZM (born 25 July 1989) 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.

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 (when the modern scoring system started). 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.

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 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.

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

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.