Storm Uru

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

Storm Uru
Uru in 2010
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Invercargill
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb) (2010)
Websitewww.stormuru.com
RelativesJade Uru (brother)
Tui Uru (great-aunt)
Henare Uru (great-grandfather)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls
ClubWaihopai RC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
2012 London Lightweight double sculls
World Championships
2009 Poznań Lightweight double sculls
2011 Bled Lightweight double sculls
2010 Karapiro Lightweight double sculls

Uru was born in 1985 in Invercargill. His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

At the 2009 World Rowing Championships, Uru and Taylor won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls,[4] and took the bronze medal at the following year's World Championships.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Uru and Taylor won the bronze medal in the lightweight double sculls.[6]

Uru rowed at Bow for the winning Oxford crew in the 2014 Boat Race.

References
  1. "Jade Uru". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. Benson, Nigel (18 May 2013). "Warm, professional and always a lady". Otago Daily Times. p. 36.
  3. "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Official Results : Rowing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. Bartlett, Tom (30 August 2009). "Rowing: Kiwis claim two more gold medals". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011.
  5. "British crews strike double gold at World Rowing". More Than the Games. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011.
  6. "Uru and Taylor: We'll cherish the medal'". www.nzherald.co.nz. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.


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