Emma Kay Robinson (born 26 September 1994) is a New Zealand swimmer who competed for her country at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle but did not qualify for the final.

Personal life

Robinson was born on 26 September 1994 in Wellington, New Zealand. Of

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descent, Robinson affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi. She studied at the Victoria University of Wellington, where she was awarded a Blue for swimming.

Career

Robinson is a member of the Capital Swim Club in Wellington. In 2013, she swam at the 15th FINA World Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. Competing in the women's 10 km open water event she placed 34th in a time of two hours one minute 47.6 seconds. In the 5 km event she finished 24th in a time of 57 minutes 29.5 seconds. She competed at the

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held in Glasgow, Scotland. She swam in the

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and 800 metre freestyle and in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. In the 800 metre event she finished joint tenth fastest in the heats and won a swim off against Aisha Thornton of Scotland to be the second reserve for the final. In February 2015 she moved her training base to TSS Aquatics in

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, Australia, after the Wellington High Performance Centre was closed and the national coach David Lyles was fired. She swam at the 16th FINA World Championships held in Kazan, Russia. In the

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she placed 28th in the heats in a time of four minutes 16.43 seconds. In the

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she finished 27th in a time of eight minutes 44.86 seconds. At the 2016 New Zealand open swimming championships Robinson swam a personal best time of 8:31.27 in the 800 metre freestyle event to qualify for the

. She was subsequently selected alongside

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in the event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Emma 1994 births Living people New Zealand female swimmers Victoria University of Wellington alumni Olympic swimmers for New Zealand Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Ngāpuhi people Swimmers from Wellington City New Zealand Māori sportspeople Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand