Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, a bronze medallist in the 1996 Olympic canoe slalom, is leading the way
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi has continued her legacy as a canoe slalom athlete after a great athletic career by mentoring her daughter Jess Fox to many Olympic medals and setting an example for other female coaches. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Canoe Slalom Tickets from our website. Being a pioneer is difficult, but Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi doesn’t know how to do it any other way. The canoe slalom coach, who is French, has spent her entire life at the top of the sport. After competing in K1 for France in Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996, where she won bronze, Fox-Jerusalmi went on to build a prosperous coaching career in her chosen nation of Australia during the subsequent 25 years. In addition to assisting Jessica Fox in winning 12 world championships and four Olympic medals, she played a key role in the development of the women’s canoe slalom Olympic program to promote gender equality. According to Fox Jeresalmi, “there was just one event for women and three for men when I first starte