Kristin Hedstrom (born May 14, 1986 in
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
) is an American rower. Growing up in
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is n ...
, she attended
Concord-Carlisle High School until her graduation in 2004. She then attended the
University of Wisconsin
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...
, where she graduated in 2008 with a degree in Business Management. She currently resides in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
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 College rowing (United States), intercollegiate rowing between Varsity team, varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, whil ...
Championship as well as gold in the 2006, 2007, and 2008
Eastern Sprints. She is a six-time
USRowing 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, 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 at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
with team-mate
Julie Nichols
Julia Kathryn Nichols (born April 21, 1978) 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 also known as London 2012 ...
.
References
External links
*
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 sportswomen
{{US-rowing-bio-stub