Emma Foy

Emma Foy
Personal information
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 37)
Dargaville, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportCycling
B/VI
PartnersGabrielle Vermunt (2013)
Laura Thompson (2014–16)
Hannah Van Kampen (2019)
Medal record
Women's para cycling
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroIndividual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroRoad race B
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 AguascalientesInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2015 ApeldoornInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2016 MontichiariInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2019 ApeldoornInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2020 MiltonInd. pursuit B
Gold medal – first place2026 ApeldoornTime trial B
Gold medal – first place2026 ApeldoornInd. pursuit B
Silver medal – second place2025 Rio de JaneiroInd. pursuit B
Silver medal – second place2025 Rio de JaneiroTime trial B
Bronze medal – third place2014 AguascalientesSprint B
Bronze medal – third place2015 Apeldoorn1 km Time Trial B
Bronze medal – third place2019 Apeldoorn1 km Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place2020 Milton1 km Time Trial Tandem
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 EmmenInd. Road Race Tandem
Silver medal – second place2014 GreenvilleInd. Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place2015 NottwilInd. Road Race B
Silver medal – second place2015 NottwilInd. Time Trial B
Silver medal – second place2019 EmmenInd. Time Trial Tandem
Bronze medal – third place2013 Baie-ComeauInd. Time Trial B
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowTime trial B

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.

Career

From 2013 to 2019, she won a total of thirteen medals (including five gold) at the UCI Para-cycling Track and Road Championships.

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.

Foy was born with oculocutaneous albinism. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.

References

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