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See all 12 stories . T hree-time Australian Olympic slalom canoe medallist Jessica Fox feels her competitive best on the water but can now add runway model to her repertoire of achievements. The 30-year-old joins L’Oréal Paris as its newest ambassador, kicking off the French connection as part of its famous Walk Your Worth Runway that took place in Sydney last month.
You come from a family of sporting champions: your mother, Myriam, was a French slalom canoeist who competed internationally, including at the Olympics in the ’80s and ’90s, and your dad, Richard, did the same for Great Britain. Given you’ve followed in their footsteps, did you put more pressure on yourself to match their success? I certainly felt the pressure, for sure. If I wasn’t successful or up to their standard, then how would I be perceived? People did wonder if I had the Fox gene or not.
Would I live up to their competition best? Once I got into the Junior World Championships in my teens, I quickly saw that I had some talent. Winning the Junior World Championships at 16 was something my parents weren’t able to do. I have that on them! So yes, I definitely felt the pressure to live up to what they had achieved at the start.
