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Rachel Norah Fox-Crosbee (born 6 May 1969 in
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) is a
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slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2000. She won four medals in the K1 team event at the
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with a silver (
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) and three bronzes (
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,
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,
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). She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1998 European Championships in
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. Crosbee also competed in two
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, earning her best finish of 16th K1 event at the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
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. She is the younger sister of Richard Fox, sister-in-law of
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (born 24 October 1961 in Marseille) is a 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 i ...
and aunt to Jessica Fox and
Noemie Fox Noemie Fox (born 19 March 1997) is a French-born Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013. She won three medals in the at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C1 team: 2019, K1 team: ...
, all slalom canoeists.


World Cup individual podiums


References

* 1969 births English female canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Great Britain British female canoeists People from Harpenden Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{UK-canoe-bio-stub