Burnet was born in 1992. Her father was keen on sailing and her uncle, an inspiration, was the sailor Sir
Peter Blake. She was sailing in
Optimist class and became the female national champion. She moved onto the
420 class and in time to
470 boats. She took a degree in Sports Studies at
Southampton University. She represented the UK, along with partner John Gimson, in the
Nacra 17 class at the
2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. This fitted in with her plans as she and Gimson had decided to compete at the
2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 2020 the World Championship was in Australia, and as they practised there they had to wear face masks to prevent inhaling smoke from the
2020 Australian wildfire. They won and were world champions when the 2020 Olympics was postponed for a year and other important events were cancelled as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic. At the Tokyo Olympics they raced their boat at
Enoshima alongside their Italian training partners of
Ruggero Tita and
Caterina Banti. They finished behind them and were awarded with silver medals. In July 2024 she was preparing for the
Paris 2024 Olympics to compete again at sailing in
Nacra 17. In 2024, she was also a member of the first team of women to compete for the
Women's America's Cup. Other team members were
Tash Bryant,
Hattie Rogers,
Saskia Tidey and
Ellie Aldridge captained by
Hannah Mills. The team made it through the heats and their boat
Athena Pathway was beaten in the finals in October by the Italians. In 2025 she and John Gimson won Gold at the Long Beach Olympic Sailing Grand Slam for the Nacra 17. They were well ahead of silver winners Laura Farese and Matthäus Zochling of Austria after winning two thirds of the fifteen races. Lukas Haberl and Clara Stamminger came in third place for the Bronze. == References ==