Emma Twigg
New Zealand rower · New Zealand · On the map · Athletes · Born 1987 · age 39
Emma Kimberley Twigg is a New Zealand rower. A single sculler, she was the 2014 world champion and won gold in her fourth Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021. Previous Olympic appearances were in 2008, 2012, and 2016.
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2010 World Rowing Championships W1x final showing Twigg (bronze; foreground), Ekaterina Karsten (silver), and Frida Svensson (gold)
Miroslava Knapková (front) and Twigg at the Head of the Charles Regatta in October 2013
Twigg at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta
Emma Twigg approaches the finish line to claim silver in the Women's Single Sculls final at the Paris 2024 Olympics in an SL Racing single scull.Awards
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She has retired from rowing twice, first for master-level studies in Europe in 2015 and then after the 2016 Olympics, disappointed at having narrowly missed an Olympic medal for the second time. After two years off the water, she started training again in 2018 and won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Since her marriage in 2020, she has become an outspoken advocate for LGBT athletes. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Twigg won gold in the woman's single scull. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Twigg won Silver in the same event.
