Emma Foy (born 6 April 1989) is a New Zealand para-cyclist. She represented New Zealand at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in Rio de Janeiro, where she won a silver and a bronze medal with sighted pilot Laura Thompson. From 2013 to 2019, she won a total of thirteen medals (including five gold) at the UCI Para-cycling Track and

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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 The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships are the world championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability compete, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Championships were earlier administered by t ...

. They also claimed the bronze medal in the women's time trail tandem. Foy was born with

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. Of

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descent, she affiliates to the

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165, ...

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