Rachel Norah Fox-Crosbee (née Fox; born 6 May 1969 in Harpenden) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2000.
Early life She is the younger sister of Richard Fox, sister-in-law of Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi and aunt to Jessica Fox and Noemie Fox, all slalom canoeists
She trained on a canal in Hemel Hempstead in the mid-1980s, with coach Bob Grundy,Hemel Hempstead Gazette Friday 15 May 1987, page 29 of Hemel Hempstead Canoe Club.
In 1992, she lived at Cotgrave, and worked at the Queen's Medical CentreNottingham Evening Post Wednesday 22 April 1992, page 22 as a physiotherapist, training at the University of Nottingham.Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 24 June 1989, page 36
She married David Crosbee in November 1992, who attended the Queen Elizabeth's Boys School in Mansfield, then Heriot-Watt University.Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 2 May 1985, page 35
Career She won four medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver (1995) and three bronzes (1993, 1997, 1999). She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem.
Crosbee also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of 16th in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
World Cup individual podiums
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1994 26 Jun 1994 Nottingham 1st K1 10 Jul 1994 Bourg St.-Maurice 2nd K1 1996 16 Jun 1996 Augsburg 2nd K1 1999 24 Jun 1999 Tacen 3rd K1 3 Oct 1999 Penrith 2nd K1
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