Emma Carney
  Emma Carney
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 29th July 1971 (age 49) |
| place of birth | Bourne End (Buckinghamshire), United Kingdom |
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| successes | |
| 1994, 1997 | 2 × world champion triathlon short distance |
| 1996 | Vice world champion triathlon short distance |
| 1999 | Vice world champion duathlon |
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| Resigned in 2004 | |
Emma Elizabeth Carney (born July 29, 1971 in Bourne End) is a former Australian triathlete . She is two-time world champion in the short distance triathlon (1994 and 1997).
Career
Emma Carney was born in England, but her parents quickly moved to Australia, where she was a runner in her youth.
In the spring of 1993 she started her first triathlon and only 18 months later the 23-year-old and up to then almost unknown Emma Carney became world champion in the short distance in November 1994 at her first international triathlon start. In November 1997 she became world champion on the short distance triathlon for the second time.
In 1999 she became vice world champion duathlon. In 2004 Emma Carney resigned due to health problems and she has been a trainer and triathlon coach ever since.
Awards
- She was inducted into the Australian Triathlon Hall of Fame in April 2012 along with Loretta Harrop and Jackie Gallagher .
- Emma Carney was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in 2014 in recognition of her athletic achievements .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 2003 | 3 | London triathlon |
 London
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02:02:30 | |
| 2003 | DNF | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Queenstown
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| Dec 17, 2000 | 1 | Canberra Half Ironman Triathlon |
Canberra
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04:21:02 | |
| Nov 5, 2000 | 1 | Noosa triathlon |
Noosa |
02:01:06 | Winner ahead of Rebekah Keat (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) |
| Apr 30, 2000 | 7th | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Perth
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01:55:55 | |
| Sep 12 1999 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Montreal
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01:56:19 | |
| Nov 16, 1997 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Perth
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01:59:22 | Triathlon world champion on the short distance |
| May 19, 1996 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
 Gamagori
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01:57:54 | |
| Aug 24, 1996 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
 Cleveland
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01:51:43 | Vice-world champion on the short distance behind Jackie Gallagher |
| Nov 12, 1995 | 7th | ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championships |
 Cancun
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02:07:05 | |
| Oct 15, 1995 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Sydney
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02:00:51 | |
| Nov. 27, 1994 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Championships |
Wellington
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02:03:18 | Triathlon world champion on the short distance |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Oct 17, 1999 | 2 | ITU Duathlon World Championships |
Huntersville |
Vice world champion duathlon |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Emma Carney's website
- Profile and results of Emma Carney in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 4, 2018 (English).
- Profile for Emma Carney at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 13, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emma Carney
- ↑ Three Aussie Greats Inducted into Triathlon Australia's Hall of Fame (March 15, 2012)
- ^ ITU Hall of Fame
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Carney, Emma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Australia |