Evy Leibfarth
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.jpg) Leibfarth in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 26, 2004 Sylva, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | K12 Private Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | C1, K1, Kayak cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evy Leibfarth (/ˈɛvi ˈliːbfɑːrθ/ EV-ee LEEB-farth; born January 26, 2004)[1] is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2019.[2][3]
She is a two time Olympian, winning a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
In 2019, at age 15, Leibfarth won the gold medal in the women's K1 event and the silver medal in the women's Kayak cross event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4][5]
In the same year, Leibfarth also competed at the 2019 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships held in Kraków, Poland, winning the gold medal in the junior Kayak cross event and the bronze medal in the junior K1 event.
Leibfarth represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] Leibfarth started in both women's events and finished 12th in the K1 event and 18th in the C1 event, after being eliminated in the semifinals on both occasions.
Leibfarth won a bronze medal in Kayak cross at the 2021 World Championships in Bratislava.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris she competed in all three disciplines, winning bronze in the C1 event. She also finished 15th in the K1 event and 10th in kayak cross.
