Evy Leibfarth, the 20-year-old queer kayaker headed to the 2024 summer Olympics, talks identity, staying in the game, and training.
Evy Leibfarth was 14 when she became the top ranking female paddler in the United States. She was 15 when she earned her first World Cup medal, making her the youngest competitor to ever claim the title. At 17 she was a part of the inaugural group of women to compete in canoeing during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021; she was also the youngest woman to compete in this event. “For a long time, didn’t have any kind of gender equality,” Leibfarth tells Teen Vogue.
A double threat on the whitewater, she’s since made a name for herself thanks to her signature move — the hummingbird stroke, which is ultra-quick and displays an incredible amount of technical control. Despite her many accolades and countless hours on the water, Leibfarth says she’s not immune to the pressure of being a competitive athlete. She remembers not performing to her expectations at the 2020 Olympics . “I had a really hard time dealing with the pressure around it,” she recalls.
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