FOX Jessica

General
MOTHER AS COACH
Her mother Myriam Fox is also her coach. "Obviously she's been an amazing role model for me, but also for a lot of women in my sport and a lot of athletes [and] coaches, because she's a female coach and there are not many female coaches around. She was one of the first. You know, in the '90s it wasn't all that common to be an athlete, have a baby and then come back to the highest level and win an Olympic medal. So it really inspired a lot of people, it inspired me a lot. And as a coach she's always really open to helping other women, to really mentoring, to cement the place of women in elite sport." (tokyo2020.org, 15 Mar 2021)

DUAL EVENT DREAM IN TOKYO
She has won multiple world titles in the C1 event, which has been added to the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. She is aiming to compete in both C1 and K1 events in Tokyo. "I don't think it takes the pressure off, it probably puts more pressure on. That gold medal is the dream goal in Tokyo. If I could have the opportunity to do the two classes that would be incredible." (sportsradio.com.au, 28 Nov 2018)

HERITAGE
Her mother is French and her father is from Great Britain. She was born in France but arrived in Australia in 1998, at age four, when her father was offered the role of coach for the Australian canoe slalom team ahead of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. "I'm a bit of the three. I was born in France so I have my roots there but also in England. I've pretty much grown up in Australia so I guess I'm a bit more Australian but I like to think that I have all three in me." (CanoeKayakTV, 13 Feb 2011; redbull.com, 21 Jun 2015)

The two gold medals she won at the 2018 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, made her the first slalom paddler to win seven individual world titles. Her father Richard shared the previous record of five individual world titles with another male paddler. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2019)

The two gold medals she won at the 2018 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, saw her become the first female slalom paddler to win nine total world championship gold medals. Her mother Myriam held the previous record with eight world titles while representing France from 1983 to 1995. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2019)

At the 2014 World Championships in Deep Creek Lake, MD, United States of America, she became the first female slalom paddler to win gold medals in both the C1 and K1 at the same edition of the world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2019)

Her silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London made her the second youngest female slalom paddler to win an Olympic medal at age 18 years and 52 days. Her bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro made her the first Australian female slalom paddler to win more than one Olympic medal in the sport. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2019)