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Francine Fox

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Francine Fox
Personal information
BornMarch 16, 1949 (1949-03-16) (age 75)
Washington, D.C.
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo K-2 500 m

Francine Fox (born March 16, 1949) is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1960s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with her K-2 partner Glorianne Perrier.[1]

Fox was born in Washington, D.C.. She later taught German in a suburban high school in Falls Church, Virginia, and introduced many high school women to kayaking.

References

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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francine Fox". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-08.
  1. ^ The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. "TeamUSA.org". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-29.