Jessica Fox (canoeist)

Jessica Fox
OAM
Jessica Fox at the 2022 World Championships
Personal information
NicknameFoxy[1]
NationalityAustralian, French
Born (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30)
Marseille, France
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[2]
Websitewww.jessicafox.com.au/
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1, C1, Kayak cross
ClubPenrith Valley Canoeing
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 2
World Championships 14 5 3
Youth Olympic Games 1 0 0
U23 World Championships 8 1 4
Junior World Championships 4 0 0
Total 30 7 9
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo C1
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris K1
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris C1
Silver medal – second place 2012 London K1
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K1
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Prague C1
Gold medal – first place 2013 Prague C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Deep Creek Lake C1
Gold medal – first place 2014 Deep Creek Lake K1
Gold medal – first place 2015 London C1
Gold medal – first place 2015 London C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pau K1
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio de Janeiro C1
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio de Janeiro K1
Gold medal – first place 2019 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bratislava Kayak cross
Gold medal – first place 2022 Augsburg Kayak cross
Gold medal – first place 2023 London K1
Gold medal – first place 2023 London K1 team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pau C1 team
Silver medal – second place 2019 La Seu d'Urgell C1
Silver medal – second place 2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1
Silver medal – second place 2022 Augsburg C1
Silver medal – second place 2022 Augsburg K1
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tacen C1
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pau K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 London C1
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore K1
U23 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Wausau C1 team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1
Gold medal – first place 2014 Penrith C1
Gold medal – first place 2014 Penrith K1
Gold medal – first place 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kraków C1
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kraków K1
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bratislava K1
Silver medal – second place 2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Penrith K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kraków C1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bratislava K1 team
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Foix C1
Gold medal – first place 2010 Foix K1
Gold medal – first place 2012 Wausau C1
Gold medal – first place 2012 Wausau K1

Jessica Esther Fox OAM (born 11 June 1994) is a French-born Australian Olympic and world champion slalom canoeist.[3]

Fox made her Olympic debut at 18 years of age in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a silver medal in the K1 event. She won a bronze medal in the same event four years later in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and again at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics,[4] before finally winning the gold medal in the K1 event in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Fox is the sole Olympic champion in the C1 event, having won the gold medal in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics when the event debuted at the Olympic Games, and again finishing first at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Her six olympic medals make her the most decorated canoe slalom paddler, male or female, in Olympic history. She also won a gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the K1 event.

Fox has won 22 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with 14 golds (C1: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018; K1: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023; C1 team: 2013, 2015, 2019; K1 team: 2023; Kayak cross: 2021, 2022), five silvers (C1: 2019, 2022; K1: 2019, 2022; C1 team: 2017) and three bronzes (C1: 2010, 2023; K1 team: 2017). Her ten gold medals in individual events make her the most successful paddler, male or female, in World Championship history.

Fox has won the overall World Cup title seven times in the C1 class (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024) and five times in the K1 class (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023). She has finished the year as the World No. 1 in C1 12 times, including an uninterrupted streak from 2013 to 2023, and World No. 1 in K1 eight times.[5]

Fox, a ten-time individual world champion, twelve-time World Cup champion and three-time individual Olympic champion, is considered the greatest individual paddler of all time.[6]

During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Fox was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission as one of four new members until the Brisbane 2032 Games.[7]

  1. ^ "Olympic profile". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Jess Fox". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Jessica Fox (AUS)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Jess Fox wins bronze after drama in K1 final". 7 News. 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. ^ Budowsky, Ethan (26 July 2024). "Canoeing legend Fox bears Australian flag at Opening Ceremony, begins quest for history". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Meet your new IOC Athletes' Commission members". olympics.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.