| Evy Leibfarth | |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Sylva, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Education: | K12 Private Academy |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in |
| Country: | United States |
| Sport: | Canoe slalom |
| Event: | C1, K1, Kayak cross |
Evy Leibfarth (; born January 26, 2004)[1] is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2019.[2] [3]
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.
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | June 23, 2019 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Kayak cross | |
| June 30, 2019 | 3rd | C1 | |||
| 2020 | October 17, 2020 | 3rd | K1 | ||
| October 18, 2020 | 3rd | C1 | |||
| 2022 | June 26, 2022 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C1 | |
| 2024 | June 2, 2024 | 3rd | Kayak cross | ||
| September 20, 2024 | 3rd | K1 |
| Year | Class | WC1 | WC2 | WC3 | WC4 | WC5 | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | C1 | style=vertical-align:top rowspan=3 | 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 | ||||||
| K1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
| 2021 | C1 | Prague 15 | Markkleeberg 29 | La Seu 28 | Pau 28 | style=vertical-align:top rowspan=3 | 62 | 30th | |
| K1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 123 | 15th | |||
| Kayak cross | 5 | 27 | 48 | 17th |