Jess Fox OAM in action during the 2025 Oceania Championships. Photo by Noel Rowsell

CANOE Slalom World, Olympic and World Cup champion Jess Fox OAM has retained her position on the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Executive (Board), following elections at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney on Saturday.

Olympic champion swimmer Susie O’Neill AM and AusCycling Chair Craig Bingham will be new faces on the AOC’s Executive, and will serve alongside President Ian Chesterman AM, Vice Presidents Evelyn Halls OAM OLY and Matt Allen AM, IOC Member Jess Fox OAM OLY and AOC Athletes’ Commission Chair Brodie Summers.

Mr Chesterman said the election results meant the Executive would have a strong mix of fresh talent and experience leading into such an important time for the Olympic Movement in the country.

“We have the opportunity to use the next seven-year runway into Brisbane 2032 to create a stronger Olympic Movement, to have the AOC and Olympic sports coming out of Brisbane 2032 better than ever,” Mr Chesterman said.

“We’re really lucky that we had 13 strong candidates for the Board and I thank all the nominees for engaging in this process and offering their commitment to contributing to the Olympic Movement.”