Evy Leibfarth

• Hometown: Bryson City, NC
• 17 years old
• Will represent the US in Tokyo this summer in the WK-1 and WC-1 events and will be among the youngest athletes competing at the Games
• 2019 Pan American champion in WK-1, and finished 4th at her first senior world championship in 2019 in the WC-1 to secure an Olympic quota for the US

Zach “Bug” Lokken

• Hometown: Durango, CO
• Zach has been on the national team for 9 years (since 2012)
• Began canoe slalom in a C-1 when he was 8 years old
• Zach’s childhood nickname was Bug
• Made his senior international debut at the 2009 world championships when he was 15 years old

Michal Smolen:

• Hometown: Charlotte, NC
• 27 years old
• Born and raised in Krakow, Poland, until he was 10 years old
• 2016 Rio Olympian - finished 12th in the MK-1

Nevin Harrison:

• Hometown: Seattle, Washington
• 19 Years Old
• Will represent the US in Tokyo this summer in C-1 200m
• Was the first American canoeist to win a world championship medal in canoe sprint in 2019
• In Tokyo, Harrison could become the first American woman to win Olympic gold in either sprint or slalom.

Kaitlyn Verfuerth:

• Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona
• 36 Years Old
• Will represent the US in Tokto this summer in Paracanoe KL2
• Secured a ticket to Tokyo based on her result in VL1 women 200m at the 2019 ICF World Championships

Blake Haxton:

• Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
• 31 Years old
• Will represent the US in Tokyo this summer in Paracanoe VL2
• Blake is also a member of the U.S. Paralympic Rowing Team and was named to the Paralympic team in the men’s single sculls event at the U.S. Team Trials in April.