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Three-time World Tour champion Peter Gilmour. (World Tour/Richard Walch photo)
Image © Richard Walch
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Skipper Peter Gilmour and the PST team. (World Tour/Richard Walch photo)
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Australian skipper Peter Gilmour holds the Monsoon Cup after winning the inaugural event. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Natonality Australian
Residence Perth, Western Australia
Date of Birth Jan. 25, 1960
Peter is the only repeat champion of the World Match Racing Tour. He won the 2003-’04 Swedish Match Tour championship with 150 points. He followed that up with a come-from-behind victory in 2004-’05. Peter trailed by 23 points beginning the second-half of the season, but closed with a string of 2-1-1-1 to complete the comeback. He then went on to be crowned Tour Champion again in 2005 - '06.
WMRT.com Coverage
Gilmour Clinches Third Tour Championship
(June 4, 2006)
Gilmour Wins Tour’s 50th Championship
(Dec. 4, 2005)
Catching Up with Peter Gilmour
(July 11, 2005)
Gilmour Wins Sixth Swedish Match Cup
(July 10, 2005)
Gilmour, Pizza-La Team Win Money Match
(July 9, 2005)
Pizza-La Team Completes 11-0 Run
(Nov. 19, 2004)
Video Interview: Gilmour
(July 15, 2004)
Pizza-La Sailing Team Wins Mercedes-Benz
(June 12, 2004)
Gilmour Clinches Swedish Match Tour
(June 2, 2004)
Easy as Pie (The Pizza-La Sailing Team delivers for its sponsor)
World Match Racing Tour Results
2006-’07 5th Overall
2005-’06 Tour Champion
2004-’05 Tour Champion
2003-’04 Tour Champion
2000-’01 6th Overall
2000 4th Overall
2006-’07
2nd Monsoon Cup ’07
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Christian Scherrer)
9th Latium Match Cup ’07
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Zach Murst)
1st Troia Portugal Match Cup
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Zach Murst)
4th Monsoon Cup ’06
(Crew: Rick Brent, Christian Scherrer, Graeme Spence, Yasuhiro Yaji)
6th Allianz Cup ’06
(Crew: Bill Colombo, Keith Love, Sean Svendsen, Yasuhiro Yaji)
9th St. Moritz Match Race ’06
(Crew: David Gilmour, Graeme Spence)
3rd Portugal Match Cup ’06
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Christian Scherrer, Ed Smyth, Yasuhiro Yaji)
2005-’06
1st Monsoon Cup ’05
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji, Tatsuya Wakinaga)
1st Match Race Germany ’06
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Jan Reblin, Christian Scherrer, Yasuhiro Yaji)
3rd PTPortugal Match Cup ’05
(Crew: Frederico Cerveira, Thierry Fouchier, Fred Guilmin, Yasuhiro Yaji)
3rd ACI Match Race Cup ’06
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Thierry Douillard, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
6th St. Moritz Match Race ’05
(Crew: Teague Czislowski, David Gilmour)
2004-’05
1st Swedish Match Cup ’05
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
1st ACI H1 Match Race Cup ’05
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
1st Match Race Germany ’05
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
2nd Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman ’05
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
4th Nippon Cup ’04
(Crew: Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
5th Portugal Match Cup ’04
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
5th Danish Open ’04
(Crew: Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Alan Smith, Yasuhiro Yaji)
5th King Edward VII Gold Cup ’04
(Crew: Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Yasuhiro Yaji)
2003-’04
1st Investors Guaranty Presentation of the King Edward VII Gold Cup ’03
1st Nippon Cup ’03
1st Match Race Germany ’04
2nd Swedish Match Cup ’04
2nd Toscana Elba Cup – Trofeo Locman ’04
2nd ACI HTmobile Cup ’04
3rd Danish Open ’03
4th Congressional Cup ’04
2002-’03
4th UBS Challenge ’02
7th Swedish Match Cup ’03
2000-’01
1st Sun Microsystems Australia Cup ’01
5th Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini ’00
5th Colorcraft Gold Cup ’00
11th Swedish Match Cup ’01
2000
2nd ACI Cup/World Championship of Match Racing ’00
5th Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini ’00
5th Colorcraft Gold Cup ’00
6th Swedish Match Cup ’00
8th Sun Microsystems Australia Cup ’00
8th Match Race Germany ’00
America’s Cup Affiliation
Alinghi - Coach, America's Cup Winner 2007
OneWorld Challenge – Skipper, 3rd place Louis Vuitton Cup 2003
Nippon Challenge – Skipper, 4th place Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
Nippon Challenge – Coach, 4th place Louis Vuitton Cup 1995
Spirit of Australia – Helmsman, 6th place Louis Vuitton Cup 1992
Kookaburra Syndicate – Helmsman, lost America’s Cup to Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes
Additional Accomplishments
Four-time World Champion of Match Race Sailing (1990, ’97, ’98, 06)
Additional Information
Australian Peter Gilmour is one of the most respected and feared competitors on World Match Racing Tour. After all, he is a three-time World Champion of Match Race Sailing. But he’s also one of the most knowledgeable skippers on the Tour.
That knowledge comes not only from years on the match-race circuit, but also five different syndicates for the America’s Cup. Gilmour’s Cup career began with the 1987 defense in Perth, Western Australia, when he was the starting helmsman for Kevin Parry’s Kookaburra syndicate, which ultimately lost the America’s Cup.
Gilmour, however, had made his mark. During the Australian trials to select the Cup defender, Gilmour used the racing rules to his advantage and drew countless protests on his rivals. The members of the International Jury often found themselves sorting out protests well past when everyone had left the media center. Sometimes their decisions overturned previous day’s results, which created chaos with the defense trials.
Gilmour’s actions would ultimately lead to the creation of the Match Racing Rules, an appendix to the Racing Rules of Sailing. The goal of the new rules was to decide on-the-water infractions immediately through umpires in chase boats or on the competing boats.
Gilmour has since been through four other Cup teams since the Kookaburra days, most recently with Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi Team winners of the 32nd America's Cup. Bertarelli is a regular fixture on the Forbes 500 list of wealthiest individuals in the U.S. and the world.
Gilmour started sailing at the age of seven on Perth’s Swan River, and he competed in his first world championship at the age of 16, finishing 21st. Gilmour’s performance continued to improve as his experience with the different disciplines of sailing increased.
Gilmour has sailed in everything from dinghies to offshore yachts, having competed in both the Sydney-Hobart and Fastnet races, but has settled on match-racing as his chosen field.
Gilmour is married with three children.
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