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New Zealand para-cyclist

Emma Foy
Personal information
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 35)
Dargaville, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportCycling
Disability classB/VI
Partner(s)Gabrielle Vermunt (2013)
Laura Thompson (2014–16)
Hannah Van Kampen (2019)
Medal record
Women's para cycling
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race B
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Indiv Pursuit B
Gold medal – first place 2015 Apeldoorn Indiv Pursuit B
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montichiari Indiv Pursuit Tandem
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Indiv Pursuit Tandem
Gold medal – first place 2020 Milton Indiv Pursuit Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes Sprint B
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Apeldoorn 1 km Time Trial B
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn 1 km Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Milton 1 km Time Trial Tandem
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Emmen Indiv Road Race Tandem
Silver medal – second place 2014 Greenville Indiv Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nottwil Indiv Road Race B
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nottwil Indiv Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place 2019 Emmen Indiv Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Baie-Comeau Indiv Time 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.

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

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.

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

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. ^ "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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