Jade Uru
Uru in 2010 seated in the bow
Personal information
Born (1987-10-20) 20 October 1987 (age 36)
Relative(s)Storm Uru (brother)
Tui Uru (great-aunt)
Henare Uru (great-grandfather)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Lake Karapiro M4−

Jade Uru (born 20 October 1987) is a New Zealand rower.[1][2]

He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe and brother of Storm Uru. 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.[3]

At the 2010 World Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal in the men's four partnering with Simon Watson, Hamish Burson, and David Eade.[4] Uru competed at the 2012 Olympics in the men's four, and the boat came fifth in the B final.[5]

Jade represented New Zealand in the men's quad at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, alongside John Storey, George Bridgewater and Nathan Flannery (bow).[6] The Kiwi quartet replaced Russia in the Olympic field after a positive test returned by Sergey Fedorovtsev—a member of the Russian crew that won the "Last Chance" Olympic qualifying regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May—saw the Russian boat disqualified by the world rowing federation.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Jade Uru". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Jade Uru". Rowing New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ Benson, Nigel (18 May 2013). "Warm, professional and always a lady". Otago Daily Times. p. 36.
  4. ^ "Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ^ "New Zealand Men's Quadruple Sculls Confirmed for Rio". Rowing New Zealand. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. ^ Anderson, Ian (1 July 2016). "Third time lucky for New Zealand men's quad as they claim Rio Olympics spot". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.


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