Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's canoe slalom | ||
Representing  France
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | K-1 |
| World Championships | ||
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1983 Meran | K-1 team |
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1985 Augsburg | K-1 team |
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1989 Savage River | K-1 |
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1989 Savage River | K-1 team |
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1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
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1993 Mezzana | K-1 |
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1993 Mezzana | K-1 team |
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1995 Nottingham | K-1 team |
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1987 Bourg St.-Maurice | K-1 |
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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
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, she won the K1 slalom silver medal.[2]
She is Jewish.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Myriam Jerusalmi-Fox Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 24 October 1961. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Martyn Herman (2 August 2012). "Fearless Fox rises from depths to win silver". Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Paul Taylor. Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a ... Retrieved 7 April 2014.
External links
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
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