Emma Twigg

Emma Twigg

MNZM

Twigg in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)[1] Napier, New Zealand
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Event	Single sculls
Club	Hawkes Bay RC
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Single sculls World Championships 2014 Amsterdam Single sculls 2013 Chungju Single sculls 2019 Ottensheim Single sculls 2022 Račice Single sculls 2023 Belgrade Single sculls 2010 Karapiro Single sculls 2011 Bled Single sculls

Emma Kimberley Twigg MNZM (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. After two years off the water, she started training again in 2018 and won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Since her marriage in 2020, she has become an outspoken advocate for LGBT athletes. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Twigg won gold in the woman's single scull.