Emily Richards (swimmer)

Emily Richards
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2001-02-01) February 1, 2001
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
SpouseMatt Richards (m. 2024)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2026 Paris4×100 m medley
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Indianapolis200 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Hódmezővásárhely200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2018 Helsinki100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2018 Helsinki4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Helsinki4x100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place2016 Hódmezővásárhely4x100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2016 Hódmezővásárhely4x100 m mixed medley

Emily Louise Richards (née Large) (born 1 February 2001) is a British swimmer.[1]

Biography

Richards is from Newcastle upon Tyne and attended Kings Priory School in Tynemouth.[2] A butterfly specialist, she represented Great Britain in the women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

On 22 August 2024, she married fellow Team GB swimmer Matt Richards and competed under her married name thereafter.[4]

In 2025, Richards finished second behind Keanna Macinnes in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which earned selection for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.[5] Subsequently at the World Championships, she reached the final of the 200 metres butterfly.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Emily Large". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Steve Harper (3 November 2016). "Making a splash". North East Times Magazine. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Emily Large". British Swimming. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Team GB gold medallist Matt Richards, 21, to marry girlfriend Emily Large, 23, just days after Olympics". OK. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "British Championships, Day 1 Women's Finals: Freya Colbert Rattles British 200 Free Record & Keanna MacInnes Makes 200 Fly Cut". Swimming World Magazine. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "GB win freestyle relay for first 2025 Worlds gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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