Richard Fox (canoeist)

Richard Munro Fox ( born May 6, 1960 in Winsford, Cheshire ) is a former British canoeist and current official. Fox was from the late 1970s until the early 1990s in the canoe slalom active. Today he lives in Australia and is the Vice President of the International Canoe Federation ( ICF).

Achievements

Fox won 1979-1993 a total of six gold and one bronze medal at the World Canoeing Championships in one's kayak ( K1). At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ​​he was also in K1, fourth.

International Canoe Federation (ICF )

From 1996 to 2000 Fox was president of the ICF Slalom Committee and played an important role in the efforts of the World Canoeing Association to the whereabouts of the canoe slalom in the program of the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, which due to the high estimated costs for the Penrith Whitewater Stadium before the Olympic from stand. Fox is second vice president of ICF (as of 2010).

Activity by End of career

In 1998 he became coach of the Australian Canoe Slalom team in order to prepare for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2001 he also took a position at the Australian Institute of Sport. He led the Australian Slalom Team at the Olympic Summer Games 2004 in Athens. In January 2005 he was appointed national performance leaders of the Australian canoeists. In 2008, he was responsible for the Australian high-performance program of slalom and racing canoes in preparation for the Olympic Games in Beijing.