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Ian Borrows

Athlete Biography

Twelve months after failing to make the Australian Canoe Slalom World Championships team, Ian

Borrows secured the single C1 canoe slalom spot for Rio. He placed 12th and was the top placed

Australian at the third and 䘀쐂nal Olympic selection trial at the Oceania Championships in Penrith in

February, 2016.

Borrows was the highest ranked Australian on the 2015 ICF World rankings going into the

quali䘀쐂cation events. On his home course in Penrith, Borrows just missed out on the 2016 Australian

Open 䘀쐂nal yet was the highest ranked Australian in the event, the 䘀쐂rst of three Olympic selection

trials.

Borrows consistently made the semi䘀쐂nals at each of the ICF World Cups in 2014 and won gold at

the 2014 Australian Open in Penrith. It was the return of this 2014 form at the 2016 Australian

Open and the 2016 Oceania Championships in February that secured him the Rio quali䘀쐂er. He

defeated London Olympian Robin Je䘀䤃ery for selection, after Je䘀䤃ery secured quota spot the day

before..

As a 10-year-old in 2000, Borrows traveled to Penrith to watch the slalom at the Sydney Olympics,

which ignited his paddling passion. He was then selected to represent Australia at the 2005

Australian Youth Olympics Festival at age 16 in the K1 event.

Before every race, Borrows likes to give his boat a hug and kiss the deck while sitting in the starting

gate for luck. He combines training and competing with a full time tradesman’s job, working for his

father.

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Canoe/Kayak - Slalom

Fast Facts

Sport Canoe/Kayak - Slalom Status Selected

Event/s C1 Men Height 186

Weight 78 Age 26

Born Paddington, NSW, Australia Lives Lapstone, NSW, Australia

Recent Performances

12th (C1) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Penrith, Australia)

12th (C1) – 2016 Australian Open (Penrith, Australia)

20th (C1) – ICF World Cup 3 (Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia)?

23rd (C1) – ICF World Cup 1 (Prague, Czech Republic)

27th (C1) – ICF World Cup 2 (Krakow, Poland)

Training

Coach Mike Druce (2015-current)

Club Penrith Valley Canoeing, Penrith,NSW, Australia

Institute/Academy NSWIS AIS

Primary Training Base Penrith Australia

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Lucien Delfour

Athlete Biography

Lucien Delfour secured the single men’s K1 canoe slalom spot in Rio after a head-to-head battle

with Australian Jaxon Merritt in the third Olympic nominations trial at the Oceania Championships

in Penrith in February, 2016.

After a very strong 2015 season, Delfour ended the year at number three in the K1 world rankings.

The 2015 Australian Open champion produced three top 10 漀䰀nishes in the ICF World Cup series, to

漀䰀nish second in the overall standings.

Born in Papeete in French Polynesia, he attended school in France before getting his degree in

Industrial Maintenance in Pau, France. He moved to Australia in 2010 and became a citizen in 2014,

however his second training base is still in Pau.

Although he grew up wanting to be a pilot, Delfour started canoeing in 1997 at age 8. He had his

漀䰀rst international podium 漀䰀nish in 2006 when he won silver in the European Junior Championships

in France.

He is based in Sydney and coached by French former World Champion and European Champion,

Julien Billaut.



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Event/s K1 Men Height 177

Weight 69 Age 27

Born Papeete, French Polynesia Lives Penrith, NSW, Australia

Ian Borrows

Jessica Fox

Career Highlights

5th place at the 2015 World Championships in Deep Creek, USA

2nd place in the overall 2015 World Cup series ranking

4x World Cup Medalist

Education

Primary College de Geaune, France

Secondary Lycee Saint Cricq, Pau France

Tertiary Industrial Maintenance, Immaculee conception Beau-Frene, Pau, France

Training

Coach Myriam Fox, 2010

Primary Training Base Penrith, Australia

Secondary Training Base Pau, France

Q&A

Favourite food Thai Food

Favourite holiday destination Anywhere outside of Penrith

Favourite music Rock and electro

Dream car Nissan GT-R

Personal Motto I surround myself with better people. It gets me motivated and inspired.

Star Sign Capricorn

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I would spend my last $10 on Food

Tattoos/Piercings None..yet

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Clay shooting

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Tony Estanguet's third Olympic gold medal

Most Inᴠ挀uential person in your career/life My coach

Why this sport? I didn't have a choice.

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Jessica Fox

Athlete Biography

Jessica Fox will be aiming for her second Olympic medal after securing the single K1 canoe slalom

spot for the 2016 Rio Games with her victory in the second Australian nomination trial at the

Oceania Championships in Penrith, in February 2016.

In her debut Olympics, Fox produced one of the surprises of the 2012 London Games as the 18-

year-old paddled to silver in the K1 event, outgunning all but one of her more experienced rivals.

Having parents who were both involved in the sport, Jess Fox grew up by the river. She competed

in swimming before she started paddling at age 11 as rehabilitation after breaking her arm.

Her parents are both Olympians. Her father, Richard, competed for Great Britain in the K1 at the

1992 Barcelona Olympics, 纟觥nishing fourth and was a 5-time World Champion. He has been head

coach and section manager for the Australian canoe/kayak team. Her mother, Myriam, competed

for France at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, winning bronze in Atlanta in

the K1. She was a 2-time World Champion and was a slalom coach at the 2004 and 2008 Games for

Australia. A love for the water runs in the family as she competed against her younger sister,

Noemie Fox, for the single elusive K1 Olympic spot.



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Event/s K1 Women Nickname Jess

Height 166 Weight 63

Age 22 Born Marseille, France

Lives Leonay, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 2nd (K1)

Singapore 2010 - 1st (K1)

Recent Performances

2nd (K1) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Penrith, Australia)

13th (K1) – 2016 Australian Open (Penrith, Australia)

4th (K1) – 2015 ICF World Championships (London, Great Britain)

1st (K1) – 2015 ICF U23 World Championships (Foz do Iguassu, Brazil)

1st (K1) – 2015 National Championships (Eildon, Australia)

Career Highlights

Double World Champion (k1/c1) in Deep Creek USA 2014

Olympic Silver medallist 2012 in London

4th place K1 and World Champion C1 at the 2015 World Championships in London

Education

Primary Leonay Public School & Glenbrook Primary School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Blaxland High School (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor Social Science (Psychology) - Swinburne online 2013- present

Training

Coach Myriam Fox (2009 - current)

Institute/Academy NSWIS / AIS

Primary Training Base Penrith, Australia

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Q&A

Favourite food Mango and chocolate

Favourite holiday destination Marseille in france, New York

Star Sign Gemini

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Slalom skiing or equestrian

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Tony Estanguet - triple Olympic Champion in London

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