Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing France
Olympic Games
World Championships

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 24 October 1961 in Marseilles)[1] is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1979 to 1996.

Career

Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K1 event in Atlanta in 1996.

Fox-Jerusalmi also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with eight golds (K1: 1989, 1993; K1 team: 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995) and two silvers (K1: 1987; K1 team: 1987).[2]

She won the overall World Cup title three consecutive times between 1989 and 1991.

In 2018, she won the Coach of the Year at the AIS Sport Performance Awards.

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venuea	Position	Event
1989	15 Aug 1989	Augsburg	2nd	K1
1989	20 Aug 1989	Tacen	3rd	K1
1990	1 Jul 1990	Wausau	1st	K1
	1990	Savage River	1st	K1
	18 Aug 1990	Bourg St.-Maurice	2nd	K1
1991	30 Jun 1991	Mezzana	1st	K1
	7 Jul 1991	Augsburg	2nd	K1
	10 Jul 1991	Reals	1st	K1
	1 Sep 1991	Wausau	1st	K1
1992	16 Feb 1992	Murupara	1st	K1
1992	23 Feb 1992	Launceston	3rd	K1
1993	25 Jul 1993	Lofer	2nd	K1
	1 Aug 1993	Augsburg	1st	K1
	31 Aug 1993	Ocoee	2nd	K1
1995	1 Oct 1995	Ocoee	3rd	K1

Personal life

Fox-Jerusalmi's daughter Jessica Fox, competing at the 2012 Olympics

Her husband, Richard, competed for Great Britain in slalom canoeing, and later coached Australia in the same event. Fox-Jerusalmi's husband is also an executive officer in the International Canoe Federation. Their daughter, Jessica won gold in the girls' K1 slalom event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. Competing for Australia in the 2012 Olympics, Jessica won the K1 slalom silver medal.[3] Her younger daughter Noemie is also a slalom canoeist. Myriam's sister-in-law Rachel Crosbee also competed in canoe slalom.

Fox-Jerusalmi is Jewish.[4]

References

"Myriam Jerusalmi-Fox". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
"Myriam FOX (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
Martyn Herman (2 August 2012). "Fearless Fox rises from depths to win silver". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

External links

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 February 2007)
ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi at the International Olympic Committee

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[1] "Myriam Jerusalmi-Fox". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[2] "Myriam FOX (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[3] Martyn Herman (2 August 2012). "Fearless Fox rises from depths to win silver". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[4] Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. Retrieved 7 April 2014.