Emily Richards (swimmer)

Emily Louise Richards is a British swimmer.

Biography

Richards is from Newcastle upon Tyne and attended Kings Priory School in Tynemouth. A butterfly specialist, she represented Great Britain in the women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.
On 22 August 2024, she married fellow Team GB swimmer Matt Richards and competed under her married name thereafter.
In 2025, Richards finished second behind Keanna Macinnes in the 200 metres butterfly at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which earned selection for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Subsequently at the World Championships, she reached the final of the 200 metres butterfly.