Storm Uru
Uru in 2007
Personal information
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb) (2010)
Relative(s)Jade Uru (brother)
Tui Uru (great-aunt)
Henare Uru (great-grandfather)
Websitewww.stormuru.com
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
EventLightweight double sculls
ClubWaihopai RC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Lightweight double sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poznań Lightweight double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2011 Bled Lightweight double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Karapiro Lightweight double sculls

Storm William Uru[1] (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.

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

Storm 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]

Uru (far right), at the medal ceremony for the lightweight double sculls at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Graduate search". Massey University. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Storm Uru". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Stom Uru". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Jade Uru". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ Benson, Nigel (18 May 2013). "Warm, professional and always a lady". Otago Daily Times. p. 36.
  6. ^ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Official Results : Rowing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Tom (30 August 2009). "Rowing: Kiwis claim two more gold medals". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
  8. ^ "British crews strike double gold at World Rowing". More Than the Games. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Uru and Taylor: We'll cherish the medal'". www.nzherald.co.nz. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  10. ^ Fallow, Michael (22 October 2022). "Storm Uru: the Olympian now a London investment industry leader". The Southland Times. Stuff. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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2008 New Zealand Olympic team
2012 New Zealand Olympic team
World champions – Lightweight men's double sculls
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