Angela

Madsen

Quick Facts

• 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)