Emma Wilson (sailor)

Emma Wilson (born 7 April 1999) is a British windsurfer who won the RS:X event at the Youth Sailing World Championships in 2016 and 2017, and won medals at the 2018 and 2019 RS:X European Championships. She has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Emma Wilson
Personal information
Born (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Sailing career
Class(es)RS:X
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Youth Sailing World Championships
2015 LangkawiRS:X
2016 AucklandRS:X
2017 SanyaRS:X
RS:X European Championships
2018 SopotRS:X
2019 PalmaRS:X

Personal life

Emma Wilson was born on 7 April 1999 in Nottingham.[1] She grew up in Christchurch, Dorset.[1][2] She is the daughter of Penny Wilson (née Way),[3] who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.[2][4] Her older brother Dan is also a professional sailor.[3] When she was younger, Wilson played hockey at regional level in addition to sailing.[3]

Career

Wilson has trained alongside Bryony Shaw, who won bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][4] Aged 12, she won the U15 Techno 293 World Championships,[1][5] and the U15 RS:X event.[5] In 2015, she came second at the RS:X event at the Youth Sailing World Championships.[1][6] She later won the event in 2016,[1][7] and 2017.[1][8] She won the 2017/18 UK Windsurfing Association Windsurfer of the Year award.[9]

At the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, Wilson won the opening RS:X race by over a minute.[10] She eventually finished fourth at the event.[11] In the same year, she came 6th at the Sailing World Cup event in Enoshima,[4] and came third at the RS:X European Championships in Gdańsk, Poland.[12] She came third overall, and second European, at the 2019 RS:X European Championships in Palma de Mallorca,[13] and came fourth at the 2020 RS:X World Championships, 11 points behind third place.[14]

Wilson has qualified to competed in the RS:X event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][11][15] She finished fourth in the Olympic test event.[11][15]

References
  1. "Emma Wilson". British Sailing Team. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. Wilson, Jeremy (27 February 2020). "Tokyo 2020 windsurfer Emma Wilson on life on the waves and following in her Olympian mother's wake". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. Falkingham, Katie (22 May 2019). "Emma Wilson: GB windsurfer on following in two-time Olympian mother's footsteps". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. Rice, Andy (20 September 2018). "Emma Wilson: junior RS:X sailor's meteoric rise through the Olympic ranks – fuelled by 'fun'". Yachts & Yachting. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. "Youth windsurfers win five world medals". UK Boats. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. "45TH ISAF YOUTH SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2015: 27 December 2015 to 3 January 2016, Langkawi, Malaysia". World Sailing World Cup. 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. "New Zealand 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships". World Sailing World Cup. 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. "China 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships". World Sailing World Cup. 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. "Emma Wilson wins UKWA Windsurfer of the Year Award". Windsurfing UK. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. "Windsurfing: Emma Wilson on-form in World Championships". Dorset Echo. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. Staniforth, Mark (7 March 2020). "International Women's Day: 10 to watch in Tokyo". Team GB. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  12. "Olympic Sailing: British windsurfer Emma Wilson claims first world championship medal". Yacht Racing Life. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. "Trio of medals for Britain's Emma Wilson at RS:X European Championships". Sail World. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. Davies, Ryan (3 March 2020). "Olympics-bound Wilson bags fourth at World Championships". The New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  15. Crocker, Tom (2 October 2019). "Christchurch star Emma Wilson follows in mother's footsteps in receiving Olympic call-up". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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