Storm Uru
New Zealand rower (born 1985)
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Storm William Uru[1] (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
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Tui Uru (great-aunt)
Henare Uru (great-grandfather)
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| Born | 14 February 1985 Invercargill, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Jade Uru (brother) Tui Uru (great-aunt) Henare Uru (great-grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.stormuru.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waihopai RC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Uru was born on 14 February 1985 in Invercargill.[2][3] His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower.[4] The broadcaster Tui Uru (1926–2013) was their great-aunt. Tui Uru's father, the Reform Party MP Henare Uru, was a great-grandfather to the rowers.[5]
Uru studied at Massey University and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies in finance in 2009 and a Master of Management in international business in 2012.[1]
Rowing career
Uru competed for New Zealand in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics. With Peter Taylor he finished 7th in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6]
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At the 2009 World Rowing Championships, Uru and Taylor won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls,[7] and took the bronze medal at the following year's World Championships.[8]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Uru and Taylor won the bronze medal in the lightweight double sculls.[9]
Uru rowed at Bow for the winning Oxford crew in the 2014 Boat Race.
After rowing
In 2013, Uru was awarded a Woolf Fisher Scholarship which allowed for his studies at the University of Oxford. He now works for fund management firm Liontrust Asset Management.[10]
