Angela Madsen

Personal

Madsen has been to two different Paralympic Games in two sports--rowing and track and field....She won her first Paralympic medal in 2012 with bronze in the shot put....Madsen loves being around the water and was the only person in the world, male or female, to complete four ocean Rowing crossings of three oceans and to have rowed a circumnavigation of Great Britain...She is also the only paraplegic to surf in the women’s world championships of longboard surfing in Biarritz, France, making the 2015 U.S. ISA adaptive surf team....Madsen runs a non-profit adaptive Rowing program in Long Beach, Calif. and founded the California Adaptive Rowing Program in 1999....She wrote a book released in 2013 called "Rowing Against the Wind" and is a 20 year board member of the California Paralyzed Veterans....Madsen has five grandchildren.

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 7th (Javelin Throw F56 - Women), 8th (Shot Put F57 - Women)
• Paralympic Games London 2012, bronze (Shot Put F54-56 - Women), 5th (Javelin Throw F54/55/56 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 7th (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2015 – 6th (Shot Put F57 - Women), 8th (Javelin Throw F56 - Women)
• Years of participation: Javelin Throw F56 - Women 2015; Shot Put F57 - Women 2015; Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007; Trunk & Arms Single Sculls - Open 2002
• Medals: 5 (4 gold, 1 silver)
• Gold – 2006 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2005 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2004 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2003 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed)
• Silver – 2002 (Trunk & Arms Single Sculls - Open)