Emma Robinson (swimmer)

Emma Robinson
Personal information
Full name Emma Kathryne Robinson
Nationality  Ireland
Born 16 August 1978
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland,
Great Britain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team Loughborough University (GBR)
Coach Paul Dennis

Emma Kathryne Robinson (born August 16, 1978 in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland) is a retired Irish swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She is a former Irish record holder in the 100 m breaststroke and a member of the swimming team at Loughborough University, under her personal coach Paul Dennis.[2]

Robinson made her official debut, as a member of the Ireland team, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 100 m breaststroke. She edged out Croatia's Smiljana Marinović to take a fifth spot and twenty-ninth overall in heat three by 0.08 of a second in 1:13.41.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Robinson qualified again for the women's 100 m breaststroke by posting a FINA A-cut of 1:09.64 from the British Olympic trials in Sheffield.[4][5] She challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including defending Olympic silver medalist Leisel Jones of Australia. She rounded out the field to last place by a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Finland's Eeva Saarinen in 1:11.40. Robinson failed to advance into the semifinals, as she matched a twenty-fourth place tie with Portugal's Diana Gomes in the preliminaries.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Emma Robinson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Kerr, Rory (12 December 2003). "Swimming : New Irish IM record for Bree". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 258. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Lord, Craig (11 April 2004). "British Olympic Trials, Day 5: Mew Swims 1:00.02 for 100m Breast, 3rd All-Time; Davies Cracks 15 Minutes for 1500 meters; Marshall, Tait, and Turner Also Set National Records as Trials End". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.