Emma Robinson (Irish swimmer)

{{Short description|Irish swimmer (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| fullname = Emma Kathryne Robinson

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| strokes = Breaststroke

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| coach = Paul Dennis

| collegeteam = Loughborough University (GBR)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ballymoney, Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom

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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Emma Kathryne Robinson (born 16 August 1978) is an Irish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Emma Robinson|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/emma-robinson-2.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/emma-robinson-2.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 22 April 2013}} 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.{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Rory|title=Swimming : New Irish IM record for Bree|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/swimming-new-irish-im-record-for-bree-25918327.html|publisher=Sunday Independent|date=12 December 2003|accessdate=22 April 2013}}

Robinson made her first Irish 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.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2011 |format=PDF |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=258 |accessdate=22 April 2013 }}

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.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 6)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010406000E000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=24 March 2013}}{{cite news|last=Lord|first=Craig|title=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|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7135.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=11 April 2004|accessdate=22 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002012310/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7135.asp|archivedate=2 October 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 6|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535098.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=15 August 2004 |accessdate=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703013421/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp |archivedate= 3 July 2006 }}