Emma Foy Explained

Emma Foy
Birth Date:1989 4, df=y
Birth Place:Dargaville, New Zealand
Residence:Cambridge, New Zealand
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Cycling
Disability Class:B/VI
Partner:Gabrielle Vermunt (2013)
Laura Thompson (2014–16)
Hannah Van Kampen (2019)

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]

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Notes and References

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