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Evy Leibfarth

Olympian 2020

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Athlete Bio

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Height

5'4"

Hometown

Bryson City, NC

Education

Davidson College '25

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

One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 12th (K1), 18th (canoe slalom)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2021 – 3rd (CSLX), 11th (K1), 17th (C1)
Years of Participation: 2019, 2021
Top finish: 3rd – 2019 (CSLX)

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