American athlete Margaret Hedeman participates in various international rowing competitions. In the coxed eight events at the 2023 World Rowing Championships and the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships (Eight), she took home a silver medal. She is also qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Margaret Hedeman prepares to row her way to a Paris medal
Margaret Hedeman earned the right to represent the United States in rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. This happened through a difficult selection process that looked at her performance in the 2023 World Rowing Championships. In those championships, her boat won a silver medal in the Women’s Eight (Women’s Eight Final A) Race in the W-8 Class, with a timing of 06:03.73.
“It definitely has not sunk in yet.” She added, “For now, I am just going to do what I’ve done for the past 10 years and go to practice with a love of the sport and of my friends.”
Hedeman said
The U.S. has currently qualified eight boats for Paris but can add more to that total at the final Olympic qualifier happening in May. For the women’s four and women’s eight boats, a group of 13 rowers were named to the Olympic team, but it has not yet been decided who will be in which boat.
“Making the team in 2023 and my boat taking silver was a huge step in the process.”
Hedeman stated
Margaret Hedman’s Age, Family, Education, and Early Life
Margaret Hedeman was born on September 1, 2000, in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Her mother’s name is Rena Hedeman and her father’s name is Rick Hedeman. Margaret is 6 feet tall (182 centimeters) and weighs 150 pounds (68 kilograms).
Margaret started rowing in 2014 at Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI) on the Charles River in Boston. Her mother rowed for Yale University and her younger sister, Lizzie, is on the Under 19 National Team. Her older sister, Catlin, is studying law in Minnesota. Margaret’s father is described as “super cool.”
Margaret Hedeman went to Yale University and finished her studies in 2023. Before that, she attended Concord Carlisle High School and St. Lawrence University in 2013. When Margaret has free time, she enjoys reading books, cooking food, and being outdoors.
How Margaret Hedeman Started and Loved Rowing
In 2016, Margaret won the gold medal in the under-17 single sculls event at the 2016 USRowing Club National Championships. She also raced in the eight-person boat for Community Rowing at the 2016, 2017, and 2018 USRowing Youth National Championships.
In 2017, Margaret came second in the under-19 single sculls event at the 2017 USRowing Club National Championships.
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In 2018, Margaret won the gold medal in the four-person boat event at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships.
In 2019, Margaret finished in eighth place in the varsity eight event at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships. She was named the recipient of Yale University’s 2019 Chris Ernst Award that year. Margaret was selected for the second-team All-America by the CRCA. She was also named to the second team All-Ivy. Additionally, she won a bronze medal with the varsity eight boat at the Ivy League Championship. Margaret rowed in the number two seat of the United States four boat at the 2019 World Rowing U23 Championships.
Recent Triupths of Margaret Hedeman in International Competitions
In 2021, Margaret came ninth in the quadruple sculls event at the 2021 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. She also rowed in the number five seat of the varsity eight boat that finished third among colleges in the Championship 8 race at the Head of the Charles regatta. Margaret represented the United States in the quadruple sculls event at the U-23 World Championships in July.
In 2022, Margaret won the gold medal in the eight events at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in the U23 Women’s Eight Final in the BW8+ class with a time of 06:23.03. She also reached the final of the Island Challenge Cup at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta. Margaret finished eighth in the varsity eight event at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships.
In 2023, Margaret came second in the eight events at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in the Women’s Eight Final A race in the W-8 class with a time of 06:03.73. She helped Yale University secure a fifth-place team finish at the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships. Margaret took sixth place in the varsity eight event at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships.
She was named a CRCA Scholar Athlete in 2020, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, Margaret was selected for the First-Team All-Ivy. She received Yale’s 2023 Robert D. Gries prize for her senior thesis in history. Margaret was a CRCA Scholar Athlete in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
