Emily Morley

Emily Morley (born December 6, 1993) is a Bahamian rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Personal life Morley is from Nassau, Bahamas and studied at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, United States. She grew up in the Bahamas until the age of fifteen when she moved to attend boarding school at the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. Her father David Morley is a swimmer who competed for the Bahamas at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing She took up rowing while at Emma Willard after friends encouraged her to try out for the crew team. She rowed throughout her time at high school and was a team captain as a senior. In 2014, she took up sculling. At Ithaca she is coached by Becky Robinson and sculling coach Beth Greene. In 2015, she finished third in the women’s double at the head of the Schyulkill event in Philadelphia. Alongside her doubles partner Jennie Peterson she then placed fourth at the small boat collegiate championships held at Mercer Lake, New Jersey.