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SKIPPER:PETER GILMOUR
NATIONALITY: Australian
RESIDENCE: Perth, Western Australia
DATE OF BIRTH(YEAR): January 1965 39years old
TEAM: Pizza-La Sailing Team
CREW LIST: Yasuhiro Yaji , Kazuhiko Soufuku , Michael Mottl
Peter won the 2003-'04 Swedish Match Tour championship with 150 points, a Tour record. His Pizza-La Sailing Team (Rod Dawson, Mike Mottl, Kazuhiko Sofuku and Yasuhiro Yaji) finished with four 1sts and two 2nds in their final scoreline, also a Tour record.
PERSONAL Background, September 2004:
FAMILY Wife Christine Gilmour and three sons David 13 yrs, Samuel
11yrs and Lachlan 7 years
PRESENT
OCCUPATION
Professional Sailor, Company Director
BUSINESS Kookaburra Group (1988-2000)
INTERESTS
- Kookaburra Challenge Pty Ltd - 12 Metre Corporate Racing
- Kookaburra Event Marketing and Management Pty Ltd - Sydney Olympic Sponsorships and Special Events
- Kookaburra Marketing Services - Telstra Phonecard Marketing - Sportsworld International Travel - Corporate sports travel Sydney Yachts - Manufacture and Marketing of Sydney Yachts and Carbontech spars
CURRENT Irongate - Grain fed Beef Producer Swings & Roundabouts - Margaret River Wine Producer
Various property interests and both listed/private equity opportunities
OTHER
INTERESTS Gadgets and Technology, Skiing, Tennis,
Team sports, Investment.
SPECIAL INTERESTS Observing my childrens' development
SUMMARY OF BEST SAILING RESULTS, AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES:
Positions
Skipper - PST Pizza-La Sailing Team -Winner - 03/04 Swedish Match Tour
Recently Skipper - OneWorld Challenge - 3rd Place Louis Vuitton Cup

Previously
Skipper - Nippon Challenge for America's Cup 2000
Coach - Nippon Challenge for America's Cup 1995
Skipper - Spirit of Australia 1992
Starting Helm/Mainsheet - Kookaburra 1987

Titles
3xMatch Race World Champion
Number 1 Ranked Match Race Sailor for three years
4xSailing in America's Cup Selection Series
E22 World Champion
12m World Champion
2 Ton Cup World Champion
Participated in over 100 Grade 1 Match Race Events
- Pizza La Sailing Team
- 4 x winner Australia Cup
- 5 x winner Swedish Match Cup
- 2 x winner Bermuda Gold Cup
- 8 x winner Nippon Cup

Activities
Sydney Olympics Bid Committee (SOCOG)
Developed the Match Race Rankings later to be the ISAF World Match Rankings
Director of Sailing on motion picture "Wind"

Awards
1988 Australian Yachtsman of the Year
1988 West Australian Caltex Sportsman of the Year
1998 JSAF Japanese Sailor of the Year
1998 Yomiuri Shimbun All Japan Sports Team Award
2000 Australian Sports Medal for performance in sport
2000 Top 100 West Australian Athletes for the Century
Additional Information:
Australian Peter Gilmour is one of the most respected and feared competitors on the Swedish Match 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 Craig O. McCaw's and Paul Allen's OneWorld Challenge of Seattle, Wash. McCaw and Allen are regular fixtures on the Forbes 500 list of wealthiest individuals in the U.S. and the world.

Gilmour placed fourth and sixth in the first two years of the Swedish Match Tour, then took off much of 2002 and 2003 while preparing for and then recuperating from the OneWorld Challenge.

Now, he's back on the Tour with a vengeance. Gilmour has placed 3-1-1 in the first three events of the current tour, the Danish Open, Bermuda Gold Cup and Nippon Cup. His win in Bermuda was his third at the Gold Cup, and the Nippon Cup championship was his fifth consecutive at that event.

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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