Evy Leibfarth (born January 26, 2004) is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2019.

Career

In 2019, Leibfarth won the gold medal in the women's K1 event and the silver medal in the women's extreme K1 event at the

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held in

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. In the same year, Leibfarth also competed at the 2019 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships held in

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, Poland, winning the gold medal in the junior extreme K1 event and the bronze medal in the junior K1 event. Leibfarth represented the United States at the

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, Japan. She was among the many LGBT athletes competing at the games. 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 extreme slalom at the

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Results

World Cup individual podiums

Complete World Cup results

Notes
No overall rankings were determined by the ICF, with only two races possible due to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leibfarth, Evy Living people 2004 births People from Jackson County, North Carolina American female canoeists Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the United States American LGBT sportspeople Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 21st-century American women