Evy Leibfarth


Evy Leibfarth is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2019.
She is a two time Olympian, winning a bronze medal in the Canoeing at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom C-1|C1 event] at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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 2019 [Pan American Games|Pan American Games] held in Lima, Peru.
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. Leibfarth started in both women's events and finished 12th in the Canoeing at the [2020 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] and 18th in the 2020 [Summer Olympics">2020 Canoe Slalom World Cup">2020 [Summer Olympics – Women's slalom C-1|C1 event], after being eliminated in the semifinals on both occasions.
Leibfarth won a bronze medal in 2021 [ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Women's Extreme slalom|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 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom C-1|C1 event]. She also finished 15th in the K1 event and 10th in kayak cross.

Personal life

Leibfarth is bisexual and was among the LGBT athletes competing at two Olympic Games.

Results

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2019June 23, 2019Čunovo [Water Sports Centre|Bratislava]2ndKayak cross
2019June 30, 2019Tacen3rdC1
2020October 17, 2020Tacen3rdK1
2020October 18, 2020Tacen3rdC1
2022June 26, 2022Tacen2ndC1
2024June 2, 2024Augsburg3rdKayak cross
2024September 20, 2024La Seu d'Urgell3rdK1
2025June 28, 2025Prague1stK1
202529 June 2025Prague3rdKayak cross
202529 August 2025Tacen3rdK1
202531 August 2025Tacen3rdKayak cross individual

Complete World Cup results

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