Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi

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Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
Myriam Jerulsalmi sur les Championnats de France slalom 2010.jpg
Personal information
Birth nameMyriam Jerusalmi
Born (1961-10-24) 24 October 1961 (age 62)
Marseille, France
Spouse Richard Fox
Children Jessica Fox
Noemie Fox
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 820
Total821
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta K1
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Meran K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Augsburg K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Savage River K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Savage River K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Tacen K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Mezzana K1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Mezzana K1 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Nottingham K1 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K1
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K1 team

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

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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

Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
K173515
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
1989 15 August 1989 Augsburg 2ndK1
20 August 1989 Tacen 3rdK1
1990 1 July 1990 Wausau 1stK1
1990 Savage River 1stK1
18 August 1990 Bourg St.-Maurice 2ndK1
1991 30 June 1991 Mezzana 1stK1
7 July 1991 Augsburg 2ndK1
10 July 1991 Reals 1stK1
1 September 1991 Wausau 1stK1
1992 16 February 1992 Murupara 1stK1
23 February 1992 Launceston 3rdK1
1993 25 July 1993 Lofer 2ndK1
1 August 1993 Augsburg 1stK1
31 August 1993 Ocoee 2ndK1
1995 1 October 1995 Ocoee 3rdK1

Personal life

Fox-Jerusalmi's daughter Jessica Fox, competing at the 2012 Olympics Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics W K1 AUS Jessica Fox.jpg
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 Fox won gold in the girls' K1 slalom event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, four Olympic medals, and sixteen World Championship medals as of 2022. Competing for Australia in the 2012 Olympics, Jessica won the K1 slalom silver medal. [3] Her younger daughter Noemie Fox is also a slalom canoeist. Myriam's sister-in-law Rachel Crosbee also competed in canoe slalom.

Fox-Jerusalmi is Jewish. [4]

See also

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References

  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. ISBN   9781903900888 . Retrieved 7 April 2014.