 She finished fifth in the javelin, but a throw of 8.88 metres was enough to win her a bronze medal in the shot put.She also competed for the United States at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, and in 2016, at the Boiling Point Track Classic at the University of Windsor in Canada, Madsen won her shot put event with a distance of 9.43, setting a new world record.Also in July 2016 Madsen was announced as a member of the US team to compete at Rio in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she finished eighth in the women's shot put F56/57, and seventh in the women's javelin throw F55/F56.