.jpg) Uru in 2010 seated in the bow | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-10-20)20 October 1987 (age 37) Invercargill,Southland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Storm Uru (brother) Tui Uru (great-aunt) Henare Uru (great-grandfather) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jade Uru (born 20 October 1987) is a New Zealandrower.[1][2]
He is fromNgāi Tahu tribe and brother ofStorm Uru. The broadcasterTui Uru (1926–2013) was their great-aunt. Tui Uru's father, theReform Party MPHenare Uru, was a great-grandfather to the rowers.[3]
At the2010 World Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal in the men's four partnering withSimon Watson,Hamish Burson, andDavid Eade.[4] Uru competed at the2012 Olympics in the men's four, and the boat came fifth in the B final.[5]
Jade represented New Zealand in the men's quad at the2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, alongsideJohn Storey,George Bridgewater andNathan Flannery (bow).[6] The Kiwi quartet replaced Russia in the Olympic field after a positive test returned bySergey Fedorovtsev—a member of the Russian crew that won the "Last Chance" Olympic qualifying regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May—saw the Russian boat disqualified by the world rowing federation.[7]
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