| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Rowing | ||
| Competitor for New Zealand | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Munich | Men's Coxless Four |
| Gold | 2009 Poznan | Men's Coxless Pair |
| Gold | 2010 Karapiro | Men's Coxless Pair |
| Gold | 2011 Bled | Men's Coxless Pair |
Eric Murray is a New Zealand rower. He has won four World Rowing Championships gold medals. The first was as a member of the New Zealand coxless four at 2007 World Rowing Championships. Murray then went on to become a member of the double gold medal-winning coxless pair with fellow coxless four member Hamish Bond. They won gold at the 2009 World Rowing Championships, then went on to retain their title at the 2010 World Rowing Championships.[1] Murray's achievements in both the coxless four and the coxless pair have seen him win two Halberg sports awards [2] team of the year, firstly in 2007 with the four, and then in 2009 with Bond.
Murray has also represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games as part of the coxless four, coming 5th in the A Final at the 2004 Olympics and winning the B Final for a 7th place overall in 2008[3]
After a successful campaign which saw Murray and Bond narrowly securing the world championship title for another year on Lake Karapiro; Murray's year was topped off with the news that his wife, Jackie Murray was pregnant with their first child. Murray will most likely be competing at the 2011 Rowing World Championships when his wife is giving birth to the child.
In late December 2011 Murray set a new world record on the indoor rowing machine. On a Concept 2 Dynamic Rowing Machine Murray went 18 728 m in one hour. The story was featured on TV New Zealand [4]