Eric Murray (MNZM) is a former New Zealand rower and gold medalist at both the 2012 London Olympic Games and 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, and set two world best times.
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Murray was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rowing. In 2018 the International Rowing Federation awarded Murray and Bond the Thomas Keller Medal for their outstanding international rowing career. It is the sport’s highest honour and is awarded within five years of the athlete’s retirement, acknowledging an exceptional rowing career and exemplary sportsmanship.
