Emma Foy
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Date of birth | April 6, 1989 |
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discipline | Paracycling (WB) |
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Last updated: February 17, 2020 |
Emma Foy (born April 6, 1989 in Dargaville ) is a New Zealand paracycler . The visually impaired athlete starts in class B and has been world champion several times.
Athletic career
Emma Foy is a Māori and belongs to the tribe ( Iwi ) of the Ngāpuhi . She suffers from oculocutaneous albinism and is therefore visually impaired . From childhood she practiced several sports, including karate and athletics . In 2013 she took part in a talent-finding camp for paracyclers of the New Zealand Cycling Association and was accepted into the association's service program.
A few months later, Foy started at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships in 2013 and won the bronze medal in the time trial together with her pilot Gabrielle Vermunt . From 2014 to 2016, Foy drove behind Laura Thompson . The two drivers together won numerous medals at rail and road world championships and set a new world record at the 2014 rail world championships in the 3000 meter pursuit with 3: 23.328. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics , Foy and Thompson won two medals: silver in the track pursuit and bronze in the road race. After the games in Rio de Janeiro , Foy took a break from competitive cycling.
Emma Foy returned to the sport in 2019 and has since been driving with Hannah van Kampen as her pilot. In 2019 and 2020 , the duo won the title in the single pursuit as well as bronze in the 1000 meter time trial . In November 2019, Foy and van Kampen set another world record in the pursuit over 3000 meters in a C1 race in Cambridge with 3: 22.088 minutes.
Honors
In 2014 Emma Foy received a Trillian Trust Māori Sports Award for Disabled Māori Sports Person of the Year . In 2019 she and Hannah van Kampen received the Supreme Award from Blind Sport in New Zealand .
successes
train
- 2014
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World Champion - Pursuit (behind Laura Thompson )
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World Championship - Sprint (behind Laura Thompson )
- 2015
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World Champion - Pursuit (behind Laura Thompson )
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World Championship - 1000m Time Trial (behind Laura Thompson )
- 2016
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Summer Paralympics Pursuit (behind Laura Thompson )
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World Champion - Pursuit (behind Laura Thompson )
- 2019
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World Champion - Pursuit (behind Hannah van Kampen )
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World Championship - 1000 meter time trial (behind Hannah van Kampen )
- 2020
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World Champion - Pursuit (behind Hannah van Kampen )
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World Championship - 1000 meter time trial (behind Hannah van Kampen )
Street
- 2013
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World Championship - Time Trial (with Gabrielle Vermunt )
- 2014
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World Championship - Time Trial (with Laura Thompson )
- 2015
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World Championship - Time Trial, Road Racing (with Laura Thompson )
- 2016
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Summer Paralympics - Road Racing (with Laura Thompson )
- 2019
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World Champion - Road Race (with Hannah van Kampen )
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World Championship - Time Trial (with Hannah van Kampen )
Web links
- Emma Foy. Paralympics New Zealand, accessed February 17, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robyn Downey: Opportunities for Dargaville teem teen. In: nzherald.co.nz. December 29, 2004, accessed February 17, 2020 .
- ^ Emma Foy Paralympics New Zealand. Paralympics New Zealand, accessed February 17, 2020 .
- ^ Paralympian Emma Foy takes time out. In: avantidrome.co.nz. September 11, 2016, accessed February 17, 2020 .
- ^ Adam Pearse: Northland para cyclist Emma Foy achieves world record with sighted pilot Hannah van Kampen. In: nzherald.co.nz. November 12, 2019, accessed February 17, 2020 .
- ↑ He toa takitini - it's a team effort. In: tpk.govt.nz. Retrieved February 17, 2020 (Maori).
- ^ Award Winners - Blind Sport New Zealand. In: blindsport.kiwi. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Foy, Emma |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand paracycler |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dargaville |