Eric Hedlin

Eric Hedlin (born April 18, 1993) is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Hedlin won a silver medal in the men's open water 5 km swim at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships.[1]

Eric Hedlin
Eric Hedlin in Irvine, California, at the US Open in August 2013.
Personal information
NationalityCanada
Born (1993-04-18) April 18, 1993
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight178 lb (81 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubVictoria Academy of Swimming
Medal record
World Championships
2013 Barcelona 5 km open water
2019 Gwangju 5 km open water
Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Tokyo 10 km open water
Universiade
2013 Kazan 800 m freestyle

Career

Hedlin began his notable international career competing in Randy Bennett's Victoria Swim Academy that also includes major Canadian World and Olympic medalist Ryan Cochrane who is also a long distance swimmer. As a member of the Canadian swim team he won a bronze medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the men's 800 m freestyle.[2]

Hedlin qualified for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships by finishing 16th at the FINA World Cup event in Cancun Mexico in April of that year. This put him into the 5 km race where he was in a dogfight with former World Champion Thomas Lurz and Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli. Hedlin said of the race that " "I am really happy, because I didn't expect [to beat Lurz]. It felt pretty good. I was trying to hold a top position and stay in everyone's draft. In the final sprint, Oussama was so much quicker than me, and I couldn't do anything to beat him."[3] Hedlin was honored with Swimming Canada's 2013 People's Choice Race of the Year award for his performance in this race.[4]

In April 2017, Hedlin was named to Canada's 2017 World Aquatics Championships team in Budapest, Hungary.[5][6]

Personal life

Although Hedlin was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he lived in San Diego, California from the age of a few months until he graduated from La jolla high school. At that time he returned to Canada to train in swimming and to attend the University of Victoria.[7] His older sister, Dr. Margot Hedlin, is a physician training at NYU Medicine, and his younger brother, Paul Hedlin, is currently a student at the Vancouver School of Economics, at the University of British Columbia.

References
  1. "Canada's Eric Hedlin takes silver at 5K open water race at swim worlds". CBC Sports. July 20, 2013.
  2. Michael Belanger (July 15, 2013). "Hedlin swims to bronze at Summer Universiade Games". University of Victoria Vikes.
  3. Cleve Deenshaw (July 20, 2013). "Island's Hedlin shocks aquatics worlds with silver". Times Colonist.
  4. Mike Lewis (December 3, 2013). "Canada's Newest Open Water Star a People's Choice". SwimSwam.
  5. Sutherland, James (April 9, 2017). "Canada To Send 26 Pool, 6 Open Water Swimmers To World Championships". swimswam.com. Swim Swam. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  6. "Sydney Pickrem Sets Canadian Record, Team Canada Named on Exciting Final Night at Trials". swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  7. "Dinos star McIntosh underway in heptathlon at Summer Universiade". Calgary Herald. July 10, 2013.
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