Tara Hedican

Tara Hedican was a member of the Canadian National Wrestling Team from 1998 to 2008.[1] In 2001, she became the first Canadian woman to win a World Junior Wrestling Championship.[2] Hedican was the recipient of the Tom Longboat Award in 2001.[2] Hedican also won a Pan American championship (this is different from the Pan American games) in 2003.[3] She was a dual-sport athlete at the University of Guelph where she competed in wrestling (2001–2004)[4] and was inducted into the Guelph Gryphons Hall of Fame in 2016.[4] Hedican completed her Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in History at the University of Guelph in 2016[1] and moved on to pursue a career in both teaching and coaching.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Tara Hedican". LinkedIn. March 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Female Indigenous Firsts". dragonflycanada.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. ^ https://unitedworldwrestling.org/DataBase "2003 Pan American Championship/Female wrestling Seniors/63.0 kg"
  4. ^ a b "Guelph Gryphons Department of Athletics Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees". University of Guelph.