Biographie
He is the brother of John Emery.
He won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 1964 Olympic Winter Games (Innsbruck Austria) in 4-man Bobsled racing.
He and teammate Peter Kirby paired in the two-man bobsled competition and earned a fourth place finish. The following year, Emery's crew of Michael Young, Gerald Presley and Peter Kirby won the 1965 World Bobsled Championship in St. Moritz. Emery and Young finished third in the two-man event.
He is retired in London UK.
Service militaire
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (Air) (UNTD) RCN(R) 1954.
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R).
He served in HMCS Prevost for VC-920 Reserve Squadron 1954.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) RCN(R).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/09/1956). (He was released.) (He was qualified as a pilot for naval aviation.)
Anecdotes
He is an Inductee in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame - 1964 and an Inductee in the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame - 1971.
Références
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
- The White Twist (UNTD Yearbook) 1954
