Hamish Pepper (born 13 May 1971) is a New Zealand sailor. He competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Pepper was born in Auckland and attended Westlake Boys High School.
Sailing in a Laser, Pepper finished 10th at the 1996 Olympics and 7th in 2004. Pepper then moved to the Star and sailed with Carl Williams at the 2008 Olympics, finishing 9th. Pepper and Jim Turner finished 5th at the 2012 Olympics.
Pepper has also competed in multiple Star World Championships, winning the 2006 Star World Championships with Carl Williams, finishing second with Craig Monk at the 2009 Star World Championships and 7th with Jim Turner in 2012.
He was a part of Team New Zealand's successful defence of the America's Cup in 2000. He was tactician on the team's 2003 America's Cup defence, but was removed when the team was down 0–3 to the eventual winners, Alinghi.
In 2009, Pepper was part of BMW Oracle Racing and skippered their boat during the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur regatta. He sailed in the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai with Team Synergy.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamish Pepper". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- "Yachting: Simplicity of solo racing drawcard for Pepper". New Zealand Herald. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Hamish Pepper | New Zealand Olympic Team". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Hamish Pepper | Yachting New Zealand". Yachtingnz.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Hamish Pepper on the 2006 Star Worlds – Part 1". Sail-world.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Hamish Pepper : New Zealand Olympian: 734". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- "Yachting: Pepper sails full circle". New Zealand Herald. 23 January 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "Kiwi tactician sacked". Sail-world.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- "America's Cup sailor to make Olympic bid". Stuff. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- "Louis Vuitton Trophy - Teams Prepare to Race in Dubai: Press Release". Cupinfo.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
External links
- Hamish Pepper at World Sailing
- Hamish Pepper at World Sailing (archived)
- Hamish Pepper at Olympedia
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