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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 2001 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Whitaker (born 5 May 2001) is a British modern pentathlete.
Early life
[edit]She is from Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire and was educated at the University of Bath. She had a sporting upbringing and took part in running and horse-riding as a member of Lancaster and Morecambe athletics club and a local the pony club with her sister.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Alongside Charles Brown she won gold at the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships in the mixed relay in Zielona Góra.[4]
She placed tenth overall at the 2023 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Bath, England.[3]
She narrowly missed winning a World Cup medal in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2024 despite starting the final from 16th place following the fencing ranking round.[5]
In March 2025, she won the Indian event at the Viwa Hungarian Indoor Open.[6] Whitaker won the individual silver medal at the 2025 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Madrid, Spain in July 2025, finishing two seconds behind France’s Rebecca Castaudi. The British team had a fifth place finish.[2][7][8]
Alongside Olivia Green and Charlie Follett, she won the team silver medal at the 2025 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Alongside Ross Charlton, she won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2026 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Istanbul.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Emma Whitaker". uipmworld. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- 1 2 "Pentathlon GB's Emma Whitaker sprints to silver at Senior European Championships in Spain". Team Bath. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- 1 2 Southby, Anne (5 Jun 2024). "Every little girl dreams of going to the Olympics: Lancaster athlete has her sights set on Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "UIPM 2022 PENTATHLON JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WHITAKER AND BROWN (GBR) RACE TO MIXED RELAY GOLD". uipworld. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ May, Sam (13 May 2024). "Great Britain's Jess Varley wins World Cup silver". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "JOY FOR WHITAKER (GBR) AND BELAUD (FRA) AT STAR-STUDDED HUNGARIAN INDOOR OPEN". uipmworld. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ Rhys, Paul (27 August 2025). "Emma Whitaker: How I have adapted to modern pentathlon's new "ninja" event". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "EUROPEAN SILVER FOR WHITAKER IN MADRID". pentathlongb.org. July 31, 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "Brilliant bronze for Pentathlon GB's Ross Charlton and Emma Whitaker at 2026 European Senior Championships in Turkey". Team Bath. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 30 September 2026.