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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 2001 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Whitaker (born 5 May 2001) is a British modern pentathlete.
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Emma Whitaker (born 5 May 2001) is a British modern pentathlete.
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]
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.