| Shannon Cox | |
| Nationality: | New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1998[1] |
| Birth Place: | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Rowing |
| Event: | Lightweight double sculls |
Shannon Cox (born 4 June 1998) is a rower from New Zealand. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She started rowing at Whangārei Girls' High School in 2012.[2]
A member of Avon Rowing Club in Christchurch, she made her debut in a New Zealand vest when she won three gold medals at the Trans Tasman Under 21 regatta in Sydney in 2018, winning the lightweight sculls, the quad and the eight.[3]
She was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Sarasota, Florida in 2019, to compete in the women's under-23 lightweight single scull.[4] She won the New Zealand Women's Single Sculls title in 2022.[5]
She competed at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in the Women's lightweight double sculls alongside Jackie Kiddle where their performance qualified their boat class for the 2024 Olympics.[6] She won the World Cup III in Poznan in June 2024, in the lightweight double sculls with Kiddle.[7]
She competed in the lightweight double sculls alongside Kiddle at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]