Rachel Crosbee


Rachel Norah Fox-Crosbee 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, of Hemel Hempstead Canoe Club.
In 1992, she lived at Cotgrave, and worked at the Queen's Medical Centre as a physiotherapist, training at the University of Nottingham.
She married David Crosbee in November 1992, who attended the Queen Elizabeth's Boys School in Mansfield, then Heriot-Watt University.

Career

She won four medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver and three bronzes. 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
199426 Jun 1994Nottingham1stK1
199410 Jul 1994Bourg St.-Maurice2ndK1
199616 Jun 1996Augsburg2ndK1
199924 Jun 1999Tacen3rdK1
19993 Oct 1999Penrith2ndK1