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Revision as of 20:14, 18 March 2016

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta K-1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Meran K-1 team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Augsburg K-1 team
Gold medal – first place 1989 Savage River K-1
Gold medal – first place 1989 Savage River K-1 team
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tacen K-1 team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Mezzana K-1
Gold medal – first place 1993 Mezzana K-1 team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Nottingham K-1 team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1
Silver medal – second place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1 team

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 24 October 1961, in Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France) is a French slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.[1]

Career

Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-1 event in Atlanta in 1996.

Fox-Jerusalmi also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with eight golds (K-1: 1989, 1993; K-1 team: 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995) and two silvers (K-1: 1987; K-1 team: 1987).

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

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' K-1 slalom event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. Competing for Australia in the 2012 Olympics, Jessica won the K1 slalom silver medal.[2]

Fox-Jerusalmi is Jewish.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Myriam Jerusalmi-Fox Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 24 October 1961. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ Martyn Herman (2 August 2012). "Fearless Fox rises from depths to win silver". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ 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.