Storm Uru
Uru in 2010
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| Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 February 1985 Invercargill |
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| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.stormuru.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waihopai RC | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Storm Uru (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
Uru was born in 1985 in Invercargill. His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower.
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.
At the 2009 World Rowing Championships, Uru and Taylor won the gold medal in the lightweight double sculls, and took the bronze medal at the following year's World Championships.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Uru and Taylor won the bronze medal in the lightweight double sculls.
Uru rowed at Bow for the winning Oxford crew in the 2014 Boat Race.
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