There was no rest for Emma following her medal-winning performances at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo, as the Paracanoe World Championships took place in Copenhagen last weekend (16 – 19 September). Competing in the VL2 class – an event in which she won gold just a couple of weeks before in Tokyo – Emma […]
Emma rounded off a record-breaking Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a silver medal in the Women’s KL2 race to become the most decorated female paracanoeist at a Paralympic Games of all time, and the only female paddler to medal in both the Kayak and Va’a races at the same Games. The KL2 Final was a […]
Emma raced superbly to make history and become a double Paralympic Champion and the first-ever winner in the Paralympic Women’s VL2 event! Emma’s time of 57.028 ensured a historic gold and beat the Paralympic Record she set in the heats by over a second. Emma finished over four seconds faster than Australian silver medallist Susan […]
Emma’s Paralympic Games got off to a great start as she put in a superb performance to win both of her heats in the VL2 and KL2 events, ensuring a safe passage through to both finals. Emma made history in her first heat, winning the first-ever Paralympic Games VL2 race, setting a Paralympic best in […]
The competition schedule has been confirmed and there’s set to be a few (hopefully!) late nights or early mornings for viewers in the UK to watch Emma’s sprints live. The heats for both the KL2 and VL2 events are on Thursday 2nd September. Emma’s VL2 heat is the second of two heats and is at […]
Emma is competing in two events in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics later this summer. The KL2 event is a really challenging one, with her teammate Charlotte Henshaw being the current world champion. However, Emma hopes a good delivery will keep her in the fight for the medals. These Games see the introduction of the […]
Emma Wiggs MBE has been chosen as one of 35 elite female athletes for the ‘Unlocked’ initiative, set up by Women’s Sports Trust, with the aim of challenging the lack of diversity in sport, particularly at a senior level. Emma joins other elite female athletes such as Nikita Parris and Hannah Cockcroft to seek to […]
As COVID struck the world and brought devastation to so many we were reminded that there are more important things than sport. As the Olympic & Paralympic Games were rightly postponed, we as Paracanoe athletes were faced with the startline being only 162 days away suddenly slipping to 527 days. Together with most of the […]
Emma Wiggs MBE produced another superb performance to become an eight-time World Champion by winning a second successive VL2 at the 2019 Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. Emma also secured a silver medal in the Women’s KL2, being pipped to gold by her Great Britain teammate Charlotte Henshaw. Emma’s achievements have ensured her place […]