Jessica Esther Fox, born June 11, 1994, is a French-born Australian Olympic and world champion slalom canoeist. She holds a record six Olympic medals across the C1 and K1 events: three golds, in C1 at the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games and K1 at Paris 2024, one silver in K1 at London 2012, and two bronzes in K1 at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. At World Championships she has won 25 medals including 17 golds, and she has also taken twelve individual world titles and twelve World Cup overall titles, leading some observers to describe her as the greatest individual paddler of all time.
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Career HighlightSix Olympic medals, the most of any canoe slalom paddler in Olympic history 1 Classification
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born 11 June 1994
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11 June 1994
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Australian, French
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Her six olympic medals make her the most decorated canoe slalom paddler, male or female, in Olympic history
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Jessica Esther Fox (born 11 June 1994) is a French-born Australian Olympic and world champion slalom canoeist.
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
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