One of four new Commission members elected today, Fox tallied the third highest number of votes (1,567) in the voting which has taken place across the Games. Some 6,576 athletes voted in the elections at the Paris Games.

A total of 29 athletes representing 15 sports and 29 National Olympic Committees contested the four available positions.

AOC President Ian Chesterman says Jess Fox personifies the Olympic ideals and this has been recognised by fellow athletes competing at the Paris Games.

“Jess’s previous service on the IOC Athletes’ Commission as an appointed member has been exemplary. Now she has been voted onto the Commission by her peers which is testament to the esteem in which she is held.

“This has been a wonderful Games for Jess as an athlete, winning gold in the kayak and canoe slalom events here.

“She understands the needs of athletes in this contemporary world and has developed a strong appreciation of the Olympic movement more broadly. Clearly that has resonated with her fellow athletes whose support has elevated her to the IOC Athletes’ Commission and the important work it undertakes.”

Jess Fox is also on the IOC’s Coordination Committee for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and is a member of the AOC’s Athletes’ Commission.    

She will serve an eight-year term ending at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. The newly formed Commission will meet for the first time tomorrow 9 August when it will hold fresh elections for the Chair and Vice Chair positions.

Jess say it’s a huge honour to be elected by her peers, the athletes competing at these Games.

“With the term running through to Brisbane 2032, that is fantastic for us as a host nation – to ensure that the athlete experience is at the heart of the Olympic movement right into that Brisbane runway.

“The next steps are Los Angeles and debriefing Paris with the Commission. I am very excited to raise the issues that are important to the athletes. The athlete experience at these Paris Games has been excellent with innovations like the Champions Park, bringing the community and the fans together with the athletes. It’s about the athletes journey before, during and after the Olympics.

“I am just in a little disbelief about these Olympics – it has been quite the rollercoaster, but it’s just a huge honour to join the IOC family,” she concluded.

As an elected IOC Athletes’ Commission member, Jess Fox will become an IOC Member at Saturday’s IOC Session in Paris. As an IOC Member in Australia, she will take up a role on the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee Board.

Words courtesy of olympics.com.au