Jessica Fox (canoeist)

Jessica Fox

Fox at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 22) Marseille, France
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	C-1, K-1
Club	Penrith Valley Canoeing
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2012 London K-1 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 World Championships 2010 Tacen C-1 2013 Prague C-1 2013 Prague C-1 team 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-1 2014 Deep Creek Lake K-1 2015 London C-1 2015 London C-1 team Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore K-1

Jessica Fox (born 11 June 1994) is a French-born, Australian world champion slalom canoeist who has competed since 2006.

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she made her Olympic debut winning a silver medal in the K1 event. She won a bronze medal in the same event four years later in Rio de Janeiro.

Fox won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (C-1: 2013, 2014, 2015; K-1: 2014, C-1 team: 2013, 2015) and a bronze (C-1: 2010). She also won a gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the K-1 event.

Fox is Jewish, and was born on 11 June 1994 in Marseille, France. She currently lives in Penrith, New South Wales. Fox's parents are Richard and Myriam, who both competed as canoeists at the Olympics, her father for Great Britain at the 1992 Games and her mother at the 1996 Games where she won a bronze medal for France. Her father is Second Vice President of the International Canoe Federation as well as Australian Canoeing's current high-performance manager, and a five-time world champion. Her mother Myriam Jerusalmi is also Jewish.

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