Emma wright biography

  • Emma Wright is a Canadian
  • Emma Wright (born November 16,

    • Emma Wright

    Biography

    At age 16, Emma Wright was the youngest player, by more than four years, on the team that competed at the 2013 FINA World Championships. She also competed at the 2015, 2017, and 2019 World Championships. Her best result was the fourth-place finish in 2017, the same year she was part of Canada’s silver medal performance at the 2017 FINA World League Super Final. In 2021, she was part of Canada’s fourth-place finish at the FINA World League Super Final, the team’s first competition in more than 18 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    At age 18, Wright was the youngest player on the team that won silver at the 2015 Pan American Games. She added another silver at the 2019 Pan Am Games where that result secured the team’s ticket to Tokyo 2020. In her Olympic debut, Wright scored seven goals as Canada finished seventh. 

    Among Wright’s junior successes were gold at the 2013 Junior Pan Am Games to go with silver and bronze at the Junior Pan Am Championships in 2012 and 2014. She went on to be the captain of the squad that won silver at the 2014 FINA World Youth Championships.

    A Little More About Emma 

    Getting into the Sport: Started playing water polo at age 9… Her mother and other siblings would drive to Toronto every night for practices and she was too young to stay home alone so she was forced to go… Didn’t really like water polo at first but it grew on her… Outside Interests: Attends and plays water polo at the University of California Berkeley… Enjoys a good movie night…  Odds and Ends: Listening to music is key to her pregame routine…Collects shot glasses on her travels… Nickname: Em, Emma Lou… Older sister Claire was also a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic water polo team… 

    Emma Wright

    Canadian water polo player

    National teamCanada women's waterpolo team
    BornNovember 16, 1996
    Lindsay, Ontario
    Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
    Weight82 kg (181 lb)
    PositionLefty/Utility
    ClubShadow Water Polo

    Emma Wright (born November 16, 1996) is a Canadian water polo player. She plays for the Canadian national women's water polo team and played collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley.

    Career highlights

    Youth competitor

    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

    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.

    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. Her uncle Jeff

    Emma Wright Keynote Speaker

    • Awarded Leader of the Year by the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2024.
    • Listed as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Tech for the last two years.
    • Spearheaded initiatives at the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies to promote ethical AI and cybersecurity.

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    Emma Wright's Biography

    Emma Wright is a prominent leader in the regulation of emerging technologies, notably AI, and a champion for diversity and inclusion in tech and finance. She co-founded and serves as Director at the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies (IFET), a global network of legislators dedicated to considering the regulation of AI and other emerging technologies worldwide.

    Emma’s key speaking topics include “Regulating AI and Emerging Technologies,” “Ethics in AI,” “Diversity and Inclusion in Tech and Finance,” and “Empowering Women in Technology.”

    Emma heads the Technology, Data, and Digital team at Harbottle & Lewis, one of the UK’s top law firms. She also contributes her expertise to UNESCO’s Women4EthicalAI forum, collaborating with UNESCO through IFET to implement the global Recommendation on Ethics in AI. Recognized for her influence, Emma has been listed by Computer Weekly as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Tech for the past two years and won the Cog-X Global Impact Award in 2023 for her work on global AI regulation with IFET.

    In addition to her regulatory work, Emma co-founded investHER, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented groups in the tech and finance sectors in the UK. Through investHER, she led a successful campaign to reverse changes in the UK Financial Promotion Order legislation that disproportionately impacted female investors and entrepreneurs. This effort underscored her commitment to fostering an inclusive financial ecosystem.

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