U.S. Olympic Athletes

Maggie Hogan

  • Home:  San Diego, CA
Current Residence: Oklahoma City, OK & San Diego, Calif.
Event/Discipline: Sprint Kayak, K-2 500m
Birthdate: 1/1/1979
Height: 5'7"
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa.
School: UC Santa Barbara
Club: San Diego Canoe/Kayak Team
 

Recent Results:

  • 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico: BRONZE in K2 500m
  • 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary: 17th in K2 200m, 8th in K2 500m B Final
  • 2011 World Cup No. 3 in Duisburg, Germany: 7th in K-2 1000m Final, 8th in K-2 200m B Final, 7th in K-2 500m C Final
  • 2011 World Cup No. 2 in Racice, Czech Republic: 3rd in K-2 200m B Final, 5th in K-1 500m C Final, reached semis of K-2 500m
  • 2011 US Sprint Team Trials: 1st in K-2 500m, 3rd in K-1 500m, 6th in K-1 200m
  • 5X 2011 National Champion: K-1 200m, 500m, 1000m; K-2 200m, 500m (with Ariel Farrar-Wellman)
  • 2011 Lake Placid Invitational: 1st in K1 500m, K2 500m, K1 200m, K2 200m

Career Highlights:

  • 2010 Pan Am Champion in 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: substitute teacher/tutor/coach
  • Hobbies: surfing, sailing, stand-up paddling, books, cooking
  • Other sports: swam in college
  • Twitter: @maggs1179
  • 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.
  • Trivia: I live on a sailboat and ride a motorcycle.

In 2006, she took 3rd in the K-1 500m and 2nd in the K-1 1000m during the Pan American Games. The next year, she placed 2nd in the K-1 500m and K-2 500m and won the K-4 at the 2007 World Trials. She is coached by Stein Jorgensen. In 2008, Maggie won Silver in K-1 1000m in Szeged, Hungary with a time of 00:04:08.584.

Hogan is an all-around athlete in ocean sports. She learned to surfski and is a nine-time champion in surf life saving. She also placed 5th in Iron Women at the 2004 World Championships of surf life saving. Hogan is also one of five women in history to compete the Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race in seven hours.