Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi

Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (née Jerusalmi; born 24 October 1961) is a former 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).

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 Total K1 9 9 5 23

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1988 19 June 1988 Wausau 3rd K1 2nd K1 7 August 1988 Dublin 3rd K1 14 August 1988 Nottingham 2nd K1 21 August 1988 Augsburg 2nd K1 1989 1st K1 1st K1 2nd K1 15 August 1989 Augsburg 2nd K1 20 August 1989 Tacen 3rd K1 1990 1 July 1990 Wausau 1st K1 1990 Savage River 1st K1 18 August 1990 Bourg St.-Maurice 2nd K1 1991 30 June 1991 Mezzana 1st K1 7 July 1991 Augsburg 2nd K1 10 July 1991 Reals 1st K1 1 September 1991 Wausau 1st K1 1992 16 February 1992 Murupara 1st K1 23 February 1992 Launceston 3rd K1 1993 25 July 1993 Lofer 2nd K1 1 August 1993 Augsburg 1st K1 31 August 1993 Ocoee 2nd K11995 1 October 1995 Ocoee 3rd K1

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 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. 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.