Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe slalom | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1996 Atlanta | K-1 |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1983 Meran | K-1 team |
![]() | 1985 Augsburg | K-1 team |
![]() | 1989 Savage River | K-1 |
![]() | 1989 Savage River | K-1 team |
![]() | 1991 Tacen | K-1 team |
![]() | 1993 Mezzana | K-1 |
![]() | 1993 Mezzana | K-1 team |
![]() | 1995 Nottingham | K-1 team |
![]() | 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice | K-1 |
![]() | 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
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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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
- "Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.