![]() Uru in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Invercargill, New Zealand | 14 February 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Waihopai RC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Storm William Uru [1] (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
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]
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]
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.
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]
![]() Uru in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Invercargill, New Zealand | 14 February 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Waihopai RC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Storm William Uru [1] (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
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]
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]
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.
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]