Emma Foy
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| Born | 6 April 1989 Dargaville, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B/VI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner(s) | Gabrielle Vermunt (2013) Laura Thompson (2014–16) Hannah Van Kampen (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UCI Para–Cycling Results". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Paralympics: Emma Foy, Hannah van Kampen eclipse own world record in Canada". New Zealand Herald. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Paralympians Emma Foy and Hannah van Kampen superbly claim world tandem title". Stuff.co.nz. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "World Championship Gold for Māori Para-cyclist". teaomaori.news. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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