Emma Wright

{{Short description|Canadian water polo player (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Emma Wright

| nationality =

| national_team = Canada women's waterpolo team

| birth_date = November 16, 1996

| birth_place = Lindsay, Ontario

| height = 180cm

| weight = 82kg

| position = Lefty/Utility

| club = Shadow Water Polo

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Canada}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team}}

}}

Emma Wright (born November 16, 1996) is a Canadian water polo player.{{Cite web|title=Emma Wright {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1035048/www.fina.org/athletes/1035048/emma-wright |access-date=December 11, 2021 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Water Polo Canada - Canadian Water Polo Association Inc.|url=http://wpc.stageserver.ca/TeamPlayerBio10.aspx|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=wpc.stageserver.ca}} She plays for the Canadian national women's water polo team{{Cite web |title=Emma Wright |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/emma-wright/|access-date=December 11, 2021 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|language=en-US}} and played collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley.{{Cite web|title=Emma Wright - Women's Water Polo|url=https://calbears.com/sports/womens-water-polo/roster/emma-wright/20963 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |website=California Golden Bears Athletics|language=en}}

Career highlights

= Youth competitor =

class="wikitable"

!Event

!Rank

2011 Junior World Championships

|9th

2012 Youth World Championships

|5th

2012 Junior Pan American Games

|Silver

2013 Junior Pan American Games

|Gold

2013 Junior World Championships

|9th

2014 FINA Youth World Championships

|Silver

2014 Junior Pan American Games

|Bronze

= Senior competitor =

class="wikitable"

|+

!Event

!Rank

2012 Pan American Games

|Silver

2012 FINA World League Super Final

|7th

2013 FINA World League Super Final

|8th

2014 Junior Pan Am Games

|Bronze

2014 FINA World League Super Final

|6th

2015 Pan American Games

|Silver

2015 FINA World Championships

|11th

2017 FINA World League

|Silver

2017 FINA World Championships

|4th

2018 FINA World Cup

|6th

2018 FINA World League Super Final

|4th

2019 FINA World League Super Final

|7th

2019 Pan American Games

|Silver

2019 FINA World Championships

|9th

2021 FINA World League

|4th

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

One of 371 Canadian athletes competing, Wright scored seven goals at her Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Team Canada finished in 7th place.{{Cite web|title=Emma Wright|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/emma-wright |access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Olympics.com}}

Personal life

Wright started playing water polo at age 9. She attends the University of California, Berkeley.

Her older sister Claire also plays for Team Canada and was a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic water polo team.{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2021 |title=Wright sisters soaking up all the water polo they can in lead-up to Tokyo Olympics|language=en-CA|work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/13/wright-sisters-soaking-up-all-the-water-polo-they-can-in-lead-up-to-tokyo-olympics.html |access-date=December 11, 2021 |issn=0319-0781}} Her uncle Jeff Beukeboom played in the NHL for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers.

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