Who is Jessica Fox?
Jessica Fox is an Australian canoe slalom champion who won Olympic gold in C1 at Tokyo 2020 and both K1 and C1 at Paris 2024. She is regarded as one of the greatest paddlers in the sport's history.
Fox was born in Marseille, France, in 1994. Her parents were both canoe slalom world champions: her mother, Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, represented France, and her father, Richard Fox, represented Great Britain. The family moved to Sydney when she was a child.
She trains at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium, built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and is coached by her mother.
Olympic champion
Fox won silver in K1 at the London 2012 Olympics and bronze at Rio 2016. At Tokyo 2020, she won bronze in K1 and gold in C1, the first time women's C1 was included at the Olympics.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, she won gold in both the K1 and C1 events, becoming one of Australia's most successful Olympians.
Fox has won many world championship titles in K1, C1 and kayak cross. She was one of Australia's flag bearers at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony.
Did You Know?
Jessica's sister, Noemie Fox, also became an Olympic champion at Paris 2024.