Background
Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand.
Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand.
His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 with a time of 52.73 and set a New Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand"s 2008 Olympic team 2008 Olympics In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behind Michael Phelps for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35.
2006 1st: 200 m butterfly (1:5664 — Games record) 3rd: 100 m butterfly (5273) 2004 Olympic Games 28th 400 m freestyle (3:5729) 28th 1500 m freestyle (15:5642) 12th: 200 m butterfly (1:5809) 2002 18th: 100 m freestyle (5321) 16th: 50 m butterfly (2550) 9th: 100 m butterfly (5496) 4th: 200 m butterfly (1:5994).