| Emma Robinson | |
| Fullname: | Emma Kathryne Robinson |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Coach: | Paul Dennis |
| Collegeteam: | Loughborough University (GBR) |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Weight: | 660NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Emma Kathryne Robinson (born 16 August 1978) is an Irish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She is a former Irish record holder in the 100 m breaststroke and a member of the swimming team at Loughborough University, under her personal coach Paul Dennis.[2]
Robinson made her first Irish team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 100 m breaststroke. She edged out Croatia's Smiljana Marinović to take a fifth spot and twenty-ninth overall in heat three by 0.08 of a second in 1:13.41.[3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Robinson qualified again for the women's 100 m breaststroke by posting a FINA A-cut of 1:09.64 from the British Olympic trials in Sheffield.[4] [5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including defending Olympic silver medalist Leisel Jones of Australia. She rounded out the field to last place by a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Finland's Eeva Saarinen in 1:11.40. Robinson failed to advance into the semifinals, as she matched a twenty-fourth place tie with Portugal's Diana Gomes in the preliminaries.[6] [7]