Storm Uru
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. 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.