Hamish Pepper (born 13 May 1971) is a New Zealand sailor. He competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Pepper was born in Auckland and attended Westlake Boys High School.[2]
Sailing in a Laser, Pepper finished 10th at the 1996 Olympics and 7th in 2004.[3] 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.[4]
Pepper has also competed in multiple Star World Championships, winning the 2006 Star World Championships with Carl Williams,[5] 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.[3] [6] He was tactician on the team's 2003 America's Cup defence, but was removed when the team was down 0–3 to eventual winners, Alinghi.[7] [8]
In 2009, Pepper was part of BMW Oracle Racing and skippered their boat during the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur regatta.[9] He sailed in the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai with Team Synergy.[10]