| Storm Uru | |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Relatives: | Jade Uru (brother) Tui Uru (great-aunt) Henare Uru (great-grandfather) |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Weight: | 74kg (163lb) (2010) |
| Website: | www.stormuru.com |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Rowing |
| Event: | Lightweight double sculls |
| Club: | Waihopai RC |
Storm William Uru (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe.
Uru was born on 14 February 1985 in Invercargill.[1] [2] His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.
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]