Storm Uru, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Storm Uru

New Zealand rower

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1985

Place of Birth: Invercargill, Southland Region, New Zealand

Profession: rower

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Storm Uru (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower.
He is from Ngai Tahu tribe. Uru was born in 1985 in Invercargill.
His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower.
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.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.