Angela Madsen
Sport: Para Track and Field
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 1
Quick Facts
Birthday: May 10, 1960
Height: 6'1"
Age: 60
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Education: Fairborn Baker (Fairborn, Ohio) '78 United States Marine Corps
Biography
Quick Facts
- Madsen has been to two different Paralympic Games in two sports--rowing and track and field
- She won her first Paralympic medal in 2012 with bronze in the shot put
- Madsen loves being around the water and was the only person in the world, male or female, to complete four ocean rowing crossings of three oceans and to have rowed a circumnavigation of Great Britain
- She is also the only paraplegic to surf in the women’s world championships of longboard surfing in Biarritz, France, making the 2015 U.S. ISA adaptive surf team
- Madsen runs a non-profit adaptive rowing program in Long Beach, Calif. and founded the California Adaptive Rowing Program in 1999
- She wrote a book released in 2013 called "Rowing Against the Wind" and is a 20 year board member of the California Paralyzed Veterans
- Madsen has five grandchildren.
Paralympic Experience
- 3-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 7th (Javelin Throw F56 - Women), 8th (Shot Put F57 - Women)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, bronze (Shot Put F54-56 - Women), 5th (Javelin Throw F54/55/56 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 7th (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2015 – 6th (Shot Put F57 - Women), 8th (Javelin Throw F56 - Women)
- Years of participation: Javelin Throw F56 - Women 2015; Shot Put F57 - Women 2015; Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007; Trunk & Arms Single Sculls - Open 2002
- Medals: 5 (4 gold, 1 silver)
- Gold – 2006 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2005 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2004 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed); 2003 (Trunk & Arms Double Sculls - Mixed)
- Silver – 2002 (Trunk & Arms Single Sculls - Open)
