Jessica Fox (canoeist)

Jessica Fox
Personal information
Nickname
Foxy
NationalityAustralian, French
Born (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994
Marseille, France
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Websitewww.jessicafox.com.au/
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCanoe slalom
Event
K1, 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
2020 Tokyo C1
2024 Paris K1
2024 Paris C1
2012 London K1
2016 Rio de Janeiro K1
2020 Tokyo K1
World Championships
2013 Prague C1
2013 Prague C1 team
2014 Deep Creek Lake C1
2014 Deep Creek Lake K1
2015 London C1
2015 London C1 team
2017 Pau K1
2018 Rio de Janeiro C1
2018 Rio de Janeiro K1
2019 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team
2021 Bratislava Kayak cross
2022 Augsburg Kayak cross
2023 London K1
2023 London K1 team
2017 Pau C1 team
2019 La Seu d'Urgell C1
2019 La Seu d'Urgell K1
2022 Augsburg C1
2022 Augsburg K1
2010 Tacen C1
2017 Pau K1 team
2023 London C1
Oceania Championships
2025 Penrith C1
2025 Penrith K1
2025 Penrith Kayak cross
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore K1
U23 World Championships
2012 Wausau C1 team
2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1
2014 Penrith C1
2014 Penrith K1
2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1
2016 Kraków C1
2016 Kraków K1
2017 Bratislava K1
2015 Foz do Iguaçu K1 team
2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team
2014 Penrith K1 team
2016 Kraków C1 team
2017 Bratislava K1 team
Junior World Championships
2010 Foix C1
2010 Foix K1
2012 Wausau C1
2012 Wausau K1

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

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, 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.

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.

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.