Jessica Fox quietly splits from long-term partner after nine years

Australia’s Olympic golden girl Jessica Fox has reportedly split from her longtime partner at the end of a career best year.

Australian Olympic champion Jessica Fox has reportedly split from her long-term partner.

The Daily Telegraph reports Fox quietly split up with her boyfriend Mathieu Biazizzo in May this year before the Paris Olympics.

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Fox and Biazizzo, who is French and also a canoe slalom athlete, had been together for around nine years after meeting on the World Cup circuit and the low-profile couple kept their relationship fairly private.

Biazizzo, 33, was the overall World Cup winner in 2016 in the K1 class.

Fox, 30, has enjoyed a stellar season, winning Olympic gold in the K1 and C1 categories in Paris before wrapping up her season with a gold medal and overall World Cup title at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Final in Spain in September.

According to the Daily Telegraph, a source said the couple “simply grew apart” after doing long distance over many years as Fox split her time between Australia and France.

Jessica Fox and Mathieu Biazizzo. Photo: Instagram,

Last year Fox spoke about her relationship with Biazizzo and even hinted at starting a family in the future.

“There’s always a bit of competition, especially if we’re training together,” Fox told Stellar last February.

“It is really special to be able to share that together.

“And the fact that he understands what I’m going through. It also helps that we go to bed early together.”

“Maybe there’ll be an opportunity to see if I want to have a baby and come back.

“They’re conversations that we’ll definitely be having in the next few years, probably.”

Fox’s Olympic performances in Paris cemented herself as one of Australia’s most popular and marketable athletes.

She has signed with beauty brand L’Oreal Paris and has been working with Channel 9, appearing on breakfast TV and Melbourne Cup carnival coverage.

Fox was named to the 2024 Forbes 30Under30 list along with fellow Aussie athletes Ariarne Titmus, Mary Fowler and Oscar Piastri.

The canoeist couple had been together for nine years. Photo: Instagram.

Fox and Mathieu Biazizzo reportedly split before the Paris Olympics. Photo: Instagram.

Fox and her younger sister Noemie were jointly awarded the prestigious Don Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) Inductions & Awards Gala last month.

Noemie stepped out on the red carpet with her boyfriend, French paddler Titouan Dupras.

Their dad Richard Fox, who commentated their gold medals in Paris, also attended the event.

The Fox sisters dominated the canoe slalom events at this year’s Paris Olympics.

Jess won the K1, a gold she had been chasing for four Olympic Games. She also defended her title in the C1, becoming one of Australia’s most decorated Olympians in individual events.

But the moment of the Games came when her 27-year-old sister Noemie won the Kayak Cross in the first time the event has ever been held at the Olympics.

After Noemie claimed gold in her Olympic debut, Jess and their mum, Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, jumped into the water and celebrated in jubilant scenes.

Noemie Fox and Jess Fox at the 2024 Sport Australia Hall Of Fame Gala. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Jess said this week she has no plans to hang up her paddle and she wants to continue competing at the 2028 Olympics is Los Angeles, and the Brisbane 2032 Olympics aren’t out of reach either.

But her immediate focus is next year’s world championships, which will be held in her home town of Penrith in October.

“For me, I am lucky: I love what I do, I have got an amazing team who help me be the best I can be and I love pushing myself in training,” Fox told AAP.

“And next year we have got the world championships in Penrith so that is what is going to keep me hungry and excited for the next 12 months.

Australia's Jessica Fox was one of the stars of the Paris Olympics. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

“And after that, it’s that build-up to LA (the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics).

“I have always been a goal-setter in terms of how good can I be — how can I improve, what is left to achieve, what is my potential. And I feel like I still have more to give in my sport.

“The fact that I enjoy training, and the variety is important in three disciplines (canoe, kayak sprint, kayak slalom), that keeps it fresh and enjoyable as well.

“The break is important post-Games to reset.

“But the world champs in Penrith at home next year are the perfect booster to get back in to it.

“Whether it’s in the gym or technically or even physically on the water, it is definitely something that I haven’t plateaued yet.”

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