Emily Bugeja

Emily Claire Bugeja (born 30 April 1999) is a Canadian kitefoiler who was sixth in the Pan American Games in 2023. She was nominated to compete for Canada at the 2024 Olympics.

Life Bugeja was born in North Vancouver in 1999. In 2016 she went to New Zealand to sail at the 2016 Youth Worlds. In 2017 she was competing in the 29er class dinghy at the 2017 Canada Games where she won a bronze medal. Only one athlete is allowed from any one country and Canada's place went to Bugeja as she had scored slightly more highly that her rival kite foiler Marie-Ève Mayrand.

She studied Electrical Engineering in Ontario at Queen's University at Kingston where her interest was in robotics. She was 40th in the overall standings at the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships at Hyères in May 2024. She was chosen to be Canada's athlete joining five others identified for Canada's sailing team over Nataliya Leshko and Martyna Dakowicz. In June 2024, Bugeja was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team. She competed in the Women's Kite and she was 18th.