Name: Maggie Hogan
Sport: American Canoe
Discipline(s): Canoe Sprint
Event(s): K1 Women 500m
Height: 5'7"
DOB: 1/1/1979
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa.
Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif.
College: UC Santa Barbara
Team/Club: Newport Aquatic Center
Coach(es): Michele Eray
Olympic Experience
  • 2016 Olympic Games: 6th in K1W 500m heats, 7th in K1W 200m heats
World Championship Experience
  • 2015 World Championships: Bronze K1 1000m at (1st sprint medal at a World Championships by a US Citizen in 20 years)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2016 World Cup: silver medal K1 5000m
  • 2016 National Team Trials winner K1 500m
  • 2016 Pan American Championships: 3rd in K1W 500m (Olympic Qualifier K1 500m)W
  • 2014 World Cup medalist
  • 2013 World Cup No. 2: silver (K2 1000m), 13th (K2 500m with Kaitlyn McElroy)
  • 2013 World Cup No. 1: bronze (K2 1000m), 11th (K2 500m with Kaitlyn McElroy)
  • 2012 World Cup No. 2: silver (K2 1000m), 12th (K2 500m)
  • 2012 World Cup No. 1: bronze (K2 1000m), 12th (K2 500m)
  • 2010 Pan Am Champion (K-1 1000m)
  • 14-time National Champion
  • US National Team 2005-present
  • Traveled to Beijing 2008 Olympics as a training partner
Personal: Nickname: "Maggs"...Job: GE's Transportation division...Hobbies: surfing, sailing, surfski, travel, a good book, and spending time with my awesome pup Wrecks, and projector movie nights :)...Other sports: swam in college...How'd you get started? Through surf lifesaving. I was going through San Diego Lifeguard Academy and trying to learn how to surf ski....Who's your hero? My family. Through their sacrifices, I am able to pursue my dreams.