Eric Hedlin

Eric Hedlin of Island Swimming, Photo by Deanna McCollum

Eric Hedlin (born 18 April 1993) is a 24-year-old Canadian long distance freestyle swimming with world-class times and an emerging open water swimmer from Island Swimming in Victoria. His fastest 1500m time is 15:03.64. He was previously coached by Aaron Dahl, and currently by Randy Bennett, and represents Pacific Coast Swimming.

Open Water Swimming Career

• He won the 2017 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim.
• He finished second at the 5 km race in the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain on 20 July 2013.
• He represented Canada in the 5 km Team Pursuit relay along with Richard Weinberger and Zsofia Balazs at the 2013 FINA World Championships.
• He finished 14th in the 5 km race at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary on 15 July.
• On 27 August 2017, he was entered in the 2017 World University Games 10 km marathon swim in Taipei, Taiwan.
• He finished 17th in the 2018 Australian 10 km Open Water Championship at Brighton Beach on 26 January 2018.
• He competes on the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series pro circuit and finished 60th on the Doha, Qatar leg on 17 March 2018.
• He finished second in the 2018 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships 5 km race on 6 May 2018 in Tempe Town Lake, Arizona.
• He won the 2018 UANA Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km race on Grand Cayman on 18 June 2018 to qualify for the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Chiba, Japan.
• He finished second in the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim in Chiba, Japan on 14 August 2018.
• He was honored as Swimming Canada's 2018 Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year.
• On 27 April 2019, he finished 3rd in the 2019 Canadian Open Water Swimming Trials held on Governors Beach on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands in 1:50:07.0.
• On 13 July 2019, he won a bronze medal in the 5 km race at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
• On 26 June 2022, he will participate in the mixed 6 km relay in Lake Lupa, Hungary at the 2022 FINA World Championships.

External links

• Entrants in FINA World Championships Mixed 6 km Relay
• Matan Roditi Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Athanasios Kynigakis Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Watch The Olympic Qualification Race – Takeshi Toyoda Of Japan In Lead
• Hector Pardoe Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
• Olympic Dreams To Be Made In Setúbal Bay – The Men
• Canada Selects Open Water Swimmers For Olympic Qualification Race
• Thomas Lurz Talks About His Career And Rivals On WOWSA Live
• Marc-Antoine Olivier Makes A Fast Statement In 5K
• Ous Mellouli Wins 5K Worlds Over Eric Hedlin
• Heady Times For Hedlin At World Championships
• Swimming Canada Swimming For Gold
• Swimming Canada At The World Championships
• What Is It With Those Canadians?
• Randy Bennett Honored By Swimming Canada
• Australian Men Looking For Gold On The Coast
• Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
• Chip Off The Ol' Block At The Pan American Games
• Eric Hedlin Wins Second Title In Australian Championships
• Top 10 10Kers at Australian Open Water Swimming Champs
• Speed In The Pool Translates Into Speed In The Open Water
• Canada, Netherlands, Japan, USA Avoid Hot Water
• From Canada to The Caymans To Chiba
• Swimming Canada Honors Eric Hedlin
• We Know Richard Weinberger, But Who Is Eric Hedlin?
• 20 Questions With Eric Hedlin
• SwimSwam on Eric Hedlin
• Eric Hedlin Captures Men's 800m Freestyle
• Deanna McCollum website
• Eric Hedlin bio
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming