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Emma Twigg

1987 - Today

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Emma Kimberley Twigg (born 1 March 1987) 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 (ninth place), 2012 (fourth place), and 2016 (fourth place). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Emma Twigg is the 8,002nd most popular athlete (down from 6,731st in 2024), the 319th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 275th in 2019) and the 56th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emma Twigg ranks 8,002 out of 6,025. Before her are Michael Foley, Karla Borger, Jonathan Sacoor, Steven Coppola, Zofia Klepacka, and Oussama Oueslati. After her are Matthew Wells, Paige McPherson, Daniele Greco, Mohamed Mahmoud, Cédric Charlier, and Jorre Verstraeten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Emma Twigg ranks 1,884. Before her are Tetsuya Funatsu, Motofumi Ohashi, Owain Fôn Williams, Hirotaka Uchizono, Kohei Mishima, and Lauren Storm. After her are Ayaka Kikuchi, Valentin Roberge, Cédric Charlier, Irina Ektova, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, and Tatsuya Onodera.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Emma Twigg ranks 319 out of 303. Before her are Amber Hearn (1984), Abby Erceg (1989), Peter Taylor (1984), Erin Nayler (1992), Ellesse Andrews (1999), and Kane Williamson (1990). After her are Sam Gaze (1995), Daniel Vettori (1979), George Bridgewater (1983), Kelsey Bevan (1990), Rushlee Buchanan (1988), and Sarpreet Singh (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Emma Twigg ranks 56. Before her are Georgina Evers-Swindell (1978), Peter Burling (1991), Eliza McCartney (1996), Kerri Gowler (1993), Nathan Cohen (1986), and Peter Taylor (1984). After her are George Bridgewater (1983), Kelsey Bevan (1990), Polly Powrie (1987), Tom Murray (1994), Emma Dyke (1995), and Jackie Gowler (1996).

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