Kristin Hedstrom (born May 14, 1986 in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
) is an American rower. Growing up in
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is near where the conflu ...
, she attended
Concord-Carlisle High School
Concord-Carlisle High School (CCHS) is a public high school located in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. It is northwest of Boston. The school serves grades 9–12, and as part of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, has students ...
until her graduation in 2004. She then attended the
University of Wisconsin
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, where she graduated in 2008 with a degree in Business Management. She currently resides in
Oakland, California
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where she was affiliated with the California Rowing Club. She is now a personal trainer who work
one-on-one with rowers around the country
Rowing career
Hedstrom began rowing during her first year of high school on a club team called
Community Rowing, Inc. She continued her rowing career at the University of Wisconsin, where she was a member of the lightweight eight that won gold in the 2006 and 2008
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) governs intercollegiate rowing between varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, while the NCAA fulfills this role for women's ope ...
Championship as well as gold in the 2006, 2007, and 2008
Eastern Sprints
The Eastern Sprints is the annual rowing championship for the men's Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC). (Since 1974, the "Women's Eastern Sprints" has been held as the annual championship for the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Co ...
. She is a six-time
USRowing
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national team member (2007–08, Under 23; 2009–12, Senior). After college, Hedstrom won gold in the lightweight double sculls and lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2009 USRowing National Championships, won the lightweight single sculls at the 2009
Head of the Charles Regatta
The Head of the Charles Regatta, also known as HOCR, is a rowing head race held on the penultimate complete weekend of October (i.e., on the Friday that falls between the 16th and the 22nd of the month, and on the Saturday and Sunday immedia ...
, and won gold in the lightweight single sculls and lightweight double sculls at the 2010 USRowing National Championships. She competed in the
lightweight double sculls
A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand.
Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly s ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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with team-mate
Julie Nichols
Julie Nichols (born April 21, 1978 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American rower. She competed in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...
.
References
External links
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www.kristinhedstrom.comKristin Hedstrom's websiteKristin Hedstrom's Rowing Workouts
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Concord, Massachusetts
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers for the United States
American female rowers
World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States
Concord-Carlisle High School alumni
Wisconsin School of Business alumni
21st-century American women
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