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

Ngāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori people, Māori (tribe) of the South Island. Its (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim, New Zealand, Blenhe ...

tribe.

Early life

Uru was born on 14 February 1985 in

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. His younger brother,

Jade Uru Jade Uru (born 20 October 1987) is a New Zealand rower. 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-grandfathe ...

, is also a rower. The broadcaster Tui Uru (1926–2013) was their great-aunt. Tui Uru's father, the Reform Party MP

Henare Uru Henare Whakatau Uru (1872 – 7 March 1929) was a New Zealand politician. He was the Reform Party Member of Parliament for Southern Maori from 1922 to 1928. Early life and family Uru was born at Kaiapoi in 1872. His father was Hoani Uru, a far ...

, was a great-grandfather to the rowers. Uru studied at

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and graduated with a

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in finance in 2009 and a

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in international business in 2012.

Rowing career

Uru competed for

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in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics. With

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he finished 7th in the

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at the

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. At the

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, Uru and Taylor won the gold medal in the lightweight

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s, and took the bronze medal at the following year's World Championships. At the

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, Uru and Taylor won the bronze medal in the lightweight double sculls. Uru rowed at

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for the winning

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crew in the

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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

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* * * * 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Invercargill Ngāi Tahu people Olympic rowers for New Zealand Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics New Zealand Māori sportspeople Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Oxford University Boat Club rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Alumni of Saïd Business School {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub