Storm Uru
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Born | (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39) 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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]
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
- ^ a b "Graduate search". Massey University. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stom Uru". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Jade Uru". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ Benson, Nigel (18 May 2013). "Warm, professional and always a lady". Otago Daily Times. p. 36.
- ^ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Official Results : Rowing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Bartlett, Tom (30 August 2009). "Rowing: Kiwis claim two more gold medals". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
- ^ "British crews strike double gold at World Rowing". More Than the Games. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Uru and Taylor: We'll cherish the medal'". www.nzherald.co.nz. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Fallow, Michael (22 October 2022). "Storm Uru: the Olympian now a London investment industry leader". The Southland Times. Stuff. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
- Storm Uru at World Rowing
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