Storm Uru

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

Storm Uru

Uru in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 40) 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 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

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]

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]