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Margaret Hedeman

2024 Olympic


National Teams

Five Junior, 2018; Under 23, 2021-22; Senior, 2023; Olympic, 2024

International Results

Finished third in the eight at the 2024 World Rowing Cup II...Finished second in the eight at the 2023 World Rowing Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships…Reached the final of the Island Challenge Cup at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta…Finished ninth in the quadruple sculls at the 2021 World Rowing Under 23 Championships…Won gold in the four at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships.

National Results

Helped Yale to a fifth-place team finish at the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships…Finished sixth in the varsity eight at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships…Finished eighth in the varsity eight at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships…Finished eighth in the varsity eight at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships…Finished second in the under 19 single sculls at the 2017 USRowing Club National Championships...Won gold in the under 17 single sculls at the 2016 USRowing Club National Championships...Raced in Community Rowing’s eight at the 2016-2018 USRowing Youth National Championships.

Personal

Margaret as the recipient of Yale University’s 2019 Chris Ernst Award and 2023 Anne Warner Award. She was a 2020, 2022, and 2023 CRCA Scholar Athlete and a 2023 First-Team All-Ivy selection. Margaret was the recipient of Yale's 2023 Robert D. Gries prize for senior thesis in history. 2020, 2022, and 2023 CRCA Scholar Athlete. She began rowing in 2014 at Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI) on the Charles River in Boston. The Brachiosaurus is her favorite animal, followed by cows. Margaret is grateful for her two sisters, Catlin and Lizzie, and her parents, Rena and Rick. Also, her host family in Princeton (Jane, Martin, Leif, and Erik) is the best.


Boat Class

Women's Eight (8+)

Height

6'0"

Weight

170

Education

Yale University, 2023

Hometown

Concord, Mass.

Training Location

Princeton, N.J.