Jessica Fox
Steven Solomon (right) accepting the Maccabi NSW Sportsman of the Year award and Lou Rose Trophy from Maccabi World Union vice-president Tom Goldman on March 31. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Celebrating our sporting stars
JEWISH athletes from NSW and Victoria evenly shared the spoils on the 2018 Maccabi Australia Sports Awards winners' list unveiled last weekend.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jesssica Fox (centre), her sister Noemie (right) and Brazil's Ana Satila (left) on the C1 winner's podium at last weekend's Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Penrith. Photo: JGRI Images/Paddle Australia
February 21, 2019, 12:00 am
Fox sisters share podium on home waters
Standing on the winner's podium together in the Australian Open women's C1 (single canoe) final in Penrith last Sunday was a special moment for Sydney sisters Jessica and Noemie Fox.
By Shane Desiatnik
Noemie Fox. Photo: Bence Vekassy
January 17, 2019, 3:06 pm
Noemie Fox in fine form at nationals
Noemie Fox returned to Sydney from Tasmania's Brady Whitewater Course last week with several Canoe Slalom National Championships medals around her neck.
By Shane Desiatnik
Noemie Fox in the women's C1 final of the 2018 ICF U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Ivrea. Photo: ICF/Alessandra Piacentino
July 26, 2018, 12:00 am
Noemie nails it
A measured comeback and a positive attitude following a disastrous start in the heats earned Noemie Fox a bronze medal in women's single canoe at the 2018 ICF U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Italy last weekend.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jessica Fox celebrates another gold medal performance in the 2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup series. Photo: Paddle Australia/Balint Vekassy
July 4, 2018, 5:14 pm
Fox off to a flying start
Jessica Fox drew from her experience, the energy from the crowd and her attacking instinct on the rapids to begin the 2018 international season by winning all gold medals on offer in the opening two rounds of the 2018 World Cup series in Europe.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jessica Fox. Photo: Canoephotography.com/Balint Vekassy/ICF
March 23, 2018, 5:59 pm
Maccabi Australia, NSW and VIC award winners
Jewish sport was the winner when the recipients of the Maccabi Australia, NSW and Victoria Awards were named last week.
By Shane Desiatnik and Aaron Fetter
NSW Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres presenting canoe slalom champion Jessica Fox with the Athlete of the Year award.
November 30, 2017, 12:00 am
Fox named NSW’s best athlete
Two-time canoe slalom Olympic Games medallist Jessica Fox was named Athlete of the Year at the inaugural NSW Champions of Sport Awards in Sydney on November 27, capping off another highly successful year on the rapids.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jessica Fox after winning the women's K1 at the 2017 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau, France on October 1. Photo: Balint Vekassy/ICF
October 5, 2017, 11:31 am
Fox fightback at canoe slalom Worlds
Sydney's Jessica Fox won gold in the women's K1 (single kayak) at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in France last weekend, by a margin of more than four seconds.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jessica Fox has won the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom women's World Cup Series in C1 (single canoe). Photo: Balint Vekassy/ICF
September 14, 2017, 10:35 am
Fox clinches world cup series
Sydney's Jessica Fox clinched the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Series in the C1 (single canoe) division by earning silver in the fifth and final round held at the La Seu d'Urgell course in Spain on September 9.
Jessica Fox upon winning gold in the women’s K1 at the 2017 U23 World Championships in Bratislava on July 23. Photo: ICF
July 27, 2017, 11:27 am
Fox shines in her U23 Worlds farewell
In her final appearance at an Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships, Sydney's Jessica Fox bounced back from the heartbreak of missing a medal in the women’s single canoe by winning gold in the women’s single kayak on July 23.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jessica Fox winning the Women's C1 final at the ICF World Cup.
June 29, 2017, 10:00 am
Jessica jumps back into form
23-year-old Jewish Sydneysider Jessica Fox – a three-time women’s C1 world champion – responded to a loss last week in the best possible way seven days later in World Cup round two in Augsburg, Germany by winning the C1 gold.
By Shane Desiatnik
Maccabi NSW Jewish Sportswoman of the Year recipient Jessica Fox. Photo: sportscene
March 30, 2017, 12:36 pm
Fox and Kellerman triumph
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist Jessica Fox and Paralympian Adam Kellerman were the highest profile winners of the Maccabi NSW Jewish Sports Awards.
Jessica (left) and Noemie Fox at the women's C1 final at the Australia Open. Photo: Delly Car/Australian Canoeing
February 23, 2017, 9:49 am
Fox sisters shine at canoe Australian Open
IT was a classy sister act at the 2017 Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Penrith last weekend, with Jewish siblings Jessica and Noemie Fox coming first and second in the women’s C1 (single canoe) final.
Silver medalist Jessica Fox competing in the Women's K-1 canoe slalom semi-final
June 30, 2016, 11:35 am
Fox in fine form for Rio
WOMEN’S canoe slalom world number one Jessica Fox finished the opening three rounds of the 2016 World Cup in strong form in Pau, France last weekend.
By Yael Brender
Australian athlete Steven Solomon competes during the 1st round of the Men's 400m at the Olympic Games in London, Saturday, Aug 4, 2012. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING
May 21, 2015, 12:00 pm
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