Evy Leibfarth

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]

Evy Leibfarth

Leibfarth in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2004-01-26) January 26, 2004 (age 21) Sylva, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	K12 Private Academy
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	C1, K1, Kayak cross
Medal record Women's canoe slalom Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris C1 World Championships 2021 Bratislava Kayak cross Pan American Games 2019 Lima K1 2019 Lima Kayak cross 2023 Santiago K1 2023 Santiago Kayak cross U23 World Championships 2023 Kraków K1 2025 Foix C1 2025 Foix K1 2023 Kraków C1 2025 Foix K1 team Junior World Championships 2019 Kraków Kayak cross 2021 Tacen K1 2022 Ivrea Kayak cross 2019 Kraków K1 2021 Tacen C1

Career

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] She is bisexual and was among the LGBT athletes competing at the games.^[7][8] 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.

Leibfarth won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the first medal for the United States in the C1 event.

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2019	June 23, 2019	Bratislava	2nd	Kayak cross
	June 30, 2019	Tacen	3rd	C1
2020	October 17, 2020	Tacen	3rd	K1
	October 18, 2020	Tacen	3rd	C1
2022	June 26, 2022	Tacen	2nd	C1
2024	June 2, 2024	Augsburg	3rd	Kayak cross
	September 20, 2024	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	K1
2025	June 28, 2025	Prague	1st	K1
	29 June 2025	Prague	3rd	Kayak cross

Complete World Cup results

Year	Class	WC1	WC2	WC3	WC4	WC5	Points	Position
2019	C1	Lee Valley	Bratislava 7	Tacen 3	Markkleeberg 26	Prague 10	171	6th
	K1		10	9	26	27	105	23rd
	Kayak cross		2				55	12th
2020	C1	Tacen 3	Pau 16				N/A[a]
	K1	3	10
2021	C1	Prague 15	Markkleeberg 29	La Seu 28	Pau 28		62	30th
	K1	28	11	10	19		123	15th
	Kayak cross			5	27		48	17th

Notes
^a No overall rankings were determined by the ICF, with only two races possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.