Margaret Hoelzer | 2007 World Champion, 2-time National Champion, and Olympic Medalist

Margaret Hoelzer

2007 World Champion, 2-time National Champion, and Olympic Medalist

Margaret Hoelzer
Biography

Margaret Hoelzer is proof that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible. Overcoming sexual abuse as a child, Hoelzer rose to the top in her sport of swimming and continues to excel as an internationally recognized motivational speaker and advocate. In 2008 after competing in her second Olympic Games and becoming a three-time Olympic medalist, and breaking a World Record, Margaret revealed to the world that she had been sexually abused as a child. Leveraging her platform as an Olympic athlete to help spread awareness in a time before the times up and me too movements, Margaret was one of the first professional athletes to speak out about her experience with sexual abuse. She is currently a spokesperson for the National Children's Advocacy Center and is a featured survivor in the national award winning Darkness to Light training video, "Stewards of Children." Margaret has received numerous awards for her advocacy work.

When she's not doing advocacy work, Margaret enjoys sharing her Olympic spirit and experience with Olympic hopefuls and businesses all around the country by teaching youth swim clinics and speaking to local communities. She has a degree in psychology with a minor in criminology, and pursued a graduate degree in sociology from Auburn University

Margaret Hoelzer
Featured Video

Current: TEDx

Time 16:20

The Trail to Triumph

Story of overcoming sexual abuse to go on and become an Olympian.

The power of Impact; why getting help matters

Margaret’s story of overcoming sexual abuse and how/what the impact of a child advocacy center was. This speech focuses on why getting help is important and the value of what Cacs, rape crisis clinics and other professionals in the field do. (primarily used at conferences).

Overcoming plateaus and other obstacles

This speech is a motivational speech for non sexual abuse audiences. It focuses on aspects of Margaret’s swimming career and translates that to everyday life in overcoming various challenges.

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