Emma Robinson
Emma Robinson (born November 26, 1971 in Montréal ) is a Canadian rower who won two Olympic medals and three world titles.
Robinson won her first international medal at the 1993 World Championships in the foursome without a helmsman . The following year she competed at the World Championships in both a four-man and eight-man , but missed the finals in both boat classes, in 1995 she finished sixth with eighth. From 1996 to the end of her career in 2000, Emma Robinson always competed in the two without helmsman as well as in the eighth at each season highlight . While she always won a medal in eighth, she only succeeded in twos from 1997 to 1999, when she became world champion three times in a row, first twice with Alison Korn and then with Theresa Luke .
Final battle placements
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships)
- World Cup 1993 : 3rd place in the four without ( Shannon Crawford , Julie Jespersen Platt , Kelly Mahon and Emma Robinson)
- World Cup 1995 : 6th place in eighth place (Julie Jespersen Platt, Theresa Luke , Kelly Mahon , Maria Maunder , Jessica Monroe , Emma Robinson, Tosha Tsang , Anna van der Kamp and Lesley Thompson )
- OS 1996 : 5th place in two without (Emma Robinson and Anna van der Kamp)
- OS 1996 : 2nd place in eighth place ( Heather McDermid , Tosha Tsang, Maria Maunder, Alison Korn , Emma Robinson, Anna van der Kamp, Jessica Monroe, Theresa Luke and Lesley Thompson)
- World Cup 1997 : 1st place in a pair without (Emma Robinson and Alison Korn)
- World Cup 1997 : 2nd place in eighth place ( Buffy-Lynne Alexander , Laryssa Biesenthal , Jessica Gonin , Alison Korn, Emma Robinson, Dorota Urbaniak , Kristen Wall , Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson)
- 1998 World Cup : 1st place in a pair without (Emma Robinson and Alison Korn)
- 1998 World Cup : 3rd place in eighth place (Buffy-Lynne Alexander, Laryssa Biesenthal, Heather Davis , Alison Korn, Marnie McBean , Emma Robinson, Dorota Urbaniak, Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson)
- World Cup 1999 : 1st place in a pair without (Emma Robinson and Theresa Luke)
- World Cup 1999 : 3rd place in eighth place (Buffy-Lynne Alexander, Laryssa Biesenthal, Alison Korn, Theresa Luke, Heather McDermid, Emma Robinson, Dorota Urbaniak, Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson)
- OS 2000 : 4th place in two without (Emma Robinson and Theresa Luke)
- OS 2000 : 3rd place in eighth place (Heather McDermid, Heather Davis, Dorota Urbaniak, Theresa Luke, Emma Robinson, Alison Korn, Laryssa Biesenthal, Buffy-Lynne Alexander and Lesley Thompson)
Web links
- Emma Robinson at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Emma Robinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robinson, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montréal |