Emma Elizabeth Carney was born on 29 July 1971 and is an Australian former professional triathlete and two time World Triathlon Champion.
13 Facts About Emma Carney
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Emma Carney was born in England, but moved to Australia with her family, including sister Clare who became an athlete, at an early age.
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Emma Carney began her sporting life as a runner: when she was in grade four, she was the only girl to win a medal in the school cross-country mixed race.
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Emma Carney progressed as a runner and represented Australia in 2 World Cross Country Championships and two road relay teams.
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From June 1995 to April 1997, Emma Carney recorded an unbroken string of 12 straight ITU World Cup wins.
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Emma Carney described this period as a "shitty time", when she could not work out what was wrong.
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Emma Carney was forced to retire from professional triathlon in 2004 after suffering a cardiac arrest in Canada.
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Emma Carney was later diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, a life-threatening condition that causes the heart to beat too fast and out of control, usually during high-intensity anaerobic exercise.
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Emma Carney then found that she could do "quite a lot" of training, provided she avoids damaging high-intensity spurts.
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Emma Carney has had a strained relationship with her sport's governing body, Triathlon Australia, partly because of their reluctance to allow her to compete, with her well-known heart condition, in their races.
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Emma Carney has called on TA to require annual ECG and ultrasound tests of their elite athletes.
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Emma Carney now spends her time coaching High Performance Triathletes in Australia.
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Unable to write on her Olympic Appeal, Emma Carney had a historian reconstruct her appeal proving she was not afforded a fair trial.