The 24-year-old had a successful season which saw three first place and one second place finish in the C1 event and three second places in K1.

Fox missed the C1 world title in Pau, but was thrilled to take the women’s K1 crown.

The Australian starts this year as the second-ranked K1 paddler.

The ranking have been released ahead of the first ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup of the season in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia on June 22-24.

The top three current ranked paddlers in each discipline:

WOMEN’S K1

FUNK Ricarda              (GER)
FOX Jessica                 (AUS)
CHOURRAUT Maialen (ESP)

WOMEN’S C1

FOX Jessica                  (AUS)
FRANKLIN Mallory        (GBR)
WOODS Kimberley       (GBR)