Emma Wright
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Em, Emma Lou |
| Born |
16 November 1996 Lindsay, Ontario |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Sport | water polo |
| Updated on 19 August 2015. | |
Emma Wright (born 16 November 1996 in Lindsay) is a female water polo player of Canada.
Personal
Wright was born in Lindsay, where she still lives. Her parents are Jim and Wendy Wright. She has an older brother Ryan and an older sisters Rebecca and Claire. Claire Wright was also a member of the water polo national team. Emma Wright graduated high school in 2014.
Career
Wright started playing water polo when she was nine years old. At age 16, she was the youngest player, by more than four years, on the team that competed at the 2013 FINA World Championships. She went on to be the captain of the squad that won silver at the 2014 FINA World Youth Championships. Among Wright’s other junior successes were gold at the 2013 Junior Pan Am Games to go with silver and bronze at the Junior Pan Am Championships in 2012 and 2014. She was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[1]
Palmares
- FINA world championships: 2013 – 8th
- FINA world championships (junior): 2013 – 9th; 2011 – 9th
- FINA world championships (youth): 2014 –
; 2012 – 5th - FINA World League: 2014 – 6th; 2013 – 8th; 2012 – 7th
- Pan American Championships (junior): 2014 –
; 2012 – - Pan American Games (junior): 2013 –
See also
References
- ↑ "BCN 2015 Canadian Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
- profile at Olympic.ca