Profile details
- Born
- 6 May 1982
- Birthplace
- Hastings
- Country
- New Zealand
- Height
- 195 cm
- Sport
- Rowing
- Discipline
- Aquatic
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- ▸Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- ▸Thomas Keller Medal
Competition Appearances
4 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2016 Summer Olympics – men's coxless pair
- ·2012 Summer Olympics – men's coxless pair
- ·2008 Summer Olympics – men's coxless four
- ·2004 Summer Olympics – men's coxless four
Career Timeline
- 2004Competed at rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's coxless four
- 2008Competed at rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's coxless four
- 2012Competed at rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's coxless pair
- 2016Competed at rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's coxless pair
Statistics
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About
Eric Gordon Murray (born 6 May 1982) is a retired New Zealand rower and gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, as well as at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. He won six consecutive World Rowing Championship gold medals in the coxless pair plus two other gold medals in the coxless four and coxed pair. In 2012 and 2014 he set two world best times in the coxless pair and coxed pair respectively, which still stand as the world's best in those boat classes.
Biography adapted from Eric Murray (rower) on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.