Fox races in K1, C1 and Kayak Cross events and is coached by her mother, Myriam. At the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, she won the gold in the
girls' K1 slalom event. and World Cup competitions in Wales, France and Spain, plus the Junior World Championship in the United States.
2017–2020: Record breaking dominance In 2017, Fox won the K1 event at the
2017 World Championships. Fox won the C1 and finished second in the K1 for the
2017 World Cup, and was awarded the Canoeist of the Year award, and the NSW Athlete of the Year award. In 2018, Fox was a double ICF Canoe World Champion in both the C1 and K1 at the
2018 World Championships, and again won a number of World Cups in both disciplines, finishing first in both the C1 and K1
2018 World Cup standings. Her 2018 season featured an undefeated run in C1, sweeping all five World Cups and the World Championships, including three consecutive 'Golden Doubles' at the first three World Cups. In 2019, Fox repeated her World Cup dominance, again finishing first in both the K1 and C1
World Cup standings. Fox won the Oceania Championships in Canoe Slalom again, and won silver in both K1 and C1 events at the
2019 World Championships . Fox's final run included a penalty time of 4 seconds, ultimately putting her final time 1.23 seconds behind the winner
Ricarda Funk. During the event, Fox also gained media attention for using a condom to repair her kayak. Fox was also the fastest qualifier for the final of the inaugural
women's C1 event at the Olympics, where she went on to win her first Olympic gold medal, beating silver medalist Mallory Franklin of Great Britain by more than three seconds with a penalty-free run. At the
2021 World Championships in
Bratislava, Fox did not progress to the final of either the
K1 or
C1 for the first time in her entire career, after incurring 50-second penalties in the semi-finals of both. On the final day of competition she became World Champion in the
kayak cross, an 8th individual world title in a 3rd unique event, in just her third international appearance in the event.
2024: Paris Olympics Fox was selected as the opening ceremony
flag bearer to represent
Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In her fourth Olympic Games, Fox was able to claim her first Olympic gold medal in the
K1 event, having previously won one silver and two bronze medals in this event. Fox also managed to defend her
C1 title. In doing so, Fox became the first paddler, male or female, to win and hold both K1 and C1 Olympic titles, and also became the most decorated athlete in
canoe slalom at the Olympics. In the inaugural
kayak cross event at the Olympics, Fox was eliminated in the heats, finishing 26th overall, in a race that featured her sister,
Noemie Fox, who went on to win the gold medal. ==Awards and honours==