Fox at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Marseille, France |
11 June 1994 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | C-1, K-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Penrith Valley Canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.