Evy Leibfarth

Personal

• Daughter of Lee Leibfarth and Jean Folger

• She plans on majoring in Biology at Davidson College while continuing to train full time
• Hobbies include drawing, hiking, snowboarding and cooking
• Before Evy goes to the starting gate, you mat find her drawing in the team tent
• Evy made her World Cup debut at age 15
• Evy first tried kayaking at 4 years old

Career Highlights

• 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 1st in K1 and 1st in C1
• 2021 World Cup (Prague): 15th in C1
• 2021 World Cup (Markkleeberg, Germany): 11th in K1
• 2020 World Cup #1: 3rd in WK1 and 3rd in WC1
• 2020 Australian Open: 2nd in WK1 (U18) and 2nd in WC1 (U18)
• 2020 Oceania Championships: 1st in WK1 (U18) and 1st in WC1 (U18)
• 2019 U.S. National Champion in WK1 and WC1
• 2019 Pan-American Championships: 1st in WK1 and 2nd in Extreme
• 2019 Junior/U23 World Championships: 3rd in WK1 and 1st in Extreme
• 2019 World Cup #3: 3rd in WC1
• 2019 World Cup #2: 2nd in Extreme
• 2019 Oceania Championships, 1st in WK1 (U18) and 3rd in WC1 (U18)
• 2018 U.S. National Champion in WK1 and Vice-Champion in WC1
• 2018 Australian Open: 3rd in WC1 (U18)
• 2017 U.S. National Champion in WC1 and Vice-Champion in WK1
• 2016 U.S. National Champion in WC1

Olympic Experience

• 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (C1 - Women), 10th (CSLX - Women), 15th (K1 - Women)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 12th (K1 - Women), 18th (C1 - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – 7th (C1 - Women), 10th (K1 Team - Women), 12th (K1 - Women), 22th (CSLX - Women)
• Years of participation: C1 - Women 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023; CSLX - Women 2021, 2022, 2023; K1 - Women 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023; K1 Team - Women 2022, 2023; C1 Team - Women 2019
• Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
• Bronze – 2021 (CSLX - Women)