K1 paddler Jessica Fox by the numbers ahead of her chase for Olympic gold

SHE was the teen paddler who turned silver into gold by the sheer force of her personality in London. Now Jessica Fox wants to go one better in Rio.

Australia's Jessica Fox has her eye on the prize in Rio.

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SHE was the young paddler who turned silver into gold by the sheer force of her personality at the London Olympics.

Now Jessica Fox is working overtime to go one better in Rio.

JESSICA FOX’S NEXT RACE: K1 SEMI-FINAL FRIDAY MORNING

Australia's Jessica Fox during qualifying for Canoe Slalom Kayak K1 semi-final.

The Penrith canoe slalom paddler has won multiple world titles since the London Olympics but the Games gold is the one she wants most.

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In London she had to produce an amazing effort to keep her medal chances alive.

Four years later Fox is into the semi-final of the K1 event which will be raced on Friday morning.

And the Penrith paddler admitted she had “eased up’’ when she qualified second fastest for the semi-final.

“At the 23rd gate I heard that I had a good advantage so I thought I would ease up a bit and second place is a good place to be,’’ she said on Tuesday.

And in further good news Fox says she has found her mojo on the water.

“In that second run I felt like I found my rhythm and the glide and I was getting the moves well,’’ she said.

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Australia's Jessica Fox is cheered on by Aussie fans at the Whitewater Stadium in Rio.

JESSICA FOX BY THE NUMBERS

2: Jessica Fox has qualified second fastest for the K1 semi-final in Rio

6: The number of world titles the Sydney paddler has won.

18: At the London Olympics this was the age she was when she gained revenge on Czech paddler Stepanka Hilgertova, 44, who had beaten her mother Myriam to the K1 gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics 16 years earlier.

22: Fox’s age at the Rio Olympics.

99.51: Her qualifying time, set on Tuesday, which saw her advance into the semi-finals second fastest.

2006: The year she started to compete in her sport after initially being reluctant to follow in the footsteps of her famous paddling parents.