Emma Foy

Emma Foy
Personal information
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989
Dargaville, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportCycling
B/VI
PartnersGabrielle Vermunt (2013)
Laura Thompson (2014–16)
Hannah Van Kampen (2019)
Medal record
Women's para cycling
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroIndividual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroRoad race B
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 AguascalientesInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2015 ApeldoornInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2016 MontichiariInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2019 ApeldoornInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2020 MiltonInd. pursuit B
Silver medal – second place2025 Rio de JaneiroInd. pursuit B
Silver medal – second place2025 Rio de JaneiroTime trial B
Bronze medal – third place2014 AguascalientesSprint B
Bronze medal – third place2015 Apeldoorn1 km Time Trial B
Bronze medal – third place2019 Apeldoorn1 km Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place2020 Milton1 km Time Trial Tandem
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 EmmenInd. Road Race Tandem
Silver medal – second place2014 GreenvilleInd. Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place2015 NottwilInd. Road Race B
Silver medal – second place2015 NottwilInd. Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place2019 EmmenInd. Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place2013 Baie-ComeauInd. Time Trial B
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowTime trial B

Emma Foy (born 6 April 1989) is a New Zealand para-cyclist. She represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she won a silver and a bronze medal with sighted pilot Laura Thompson.[1]

Career

From 2013 to 2019, she won a total of thirteen medals (including five gold) at the UCI Para-cycling Track and Road Championships.[2]

In 2020, with sighted pilot Hannah van Kampen, Foy retained the world title in the women's individual pursuit tandem at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. They also claimed the bronze medal in the women's time trail tandem.[3][4]

Foy was born with oculocutaneous albinism.[4] Of Māori descent, she affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rio Paralympics: NZ goes out of Rio on a high, with two final bronze medals". stuff.co.nz. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "UCI Para–Cycling Results". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Paralympics: Emma Foy, Hannah van Kampen eclipse own world record in Canada". New Zealand Herald. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Paralympians Emma Foy and Hannah van Kampen superbly claim world tandem title". Stuff.co.nz. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "World Championship Gold for Māori Para-cyclist". teaomaori.news. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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