Colleen

Hickey

Event/Disciplines: Canoe Slalom, C1 Women
Height: 5’3”
Birthdate: 7/24/1988
Hometown: Okawville, IL
Current residence: Belmont, NC
College/School: Belmont Abbey College BA '10
Club/Team: NRC

2015 U.S. Senior National Team & 2015 Pan American Games Team Member

Other Results:

• 2014 World Championships: 24th
• 2013 U.S. Team Trials: 1st
• 2013 U.S. Open: 2nd
• 2013 World Championships: 33rd
• 2013 World Cup No. 3: 15th
• 2013 World Cup No. 2: 17th
• 2013 U.S. Slalom Team Trials: 1st

Honors/awards: Belmont Abbey Col., Cum Laude 2010
Nickname: COW-Leen
Job: US National Whitewater Center, Asst. Retail Mgr.
Hobbies: Collecting Hippie Memoribilia
Favorite quote: “Do It…Do it Now!” (my Dad)
Who’s your hero? Davy Hearn, “He’s the Michael Jordan of Whitewater”
Trivia: I redistribute Glow Stick wealth at concerts.

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2014 – 4th (C1 Team - Women), 24th (C1 - Women)
• Years of participation: C1 - Women 2011, 2013, 2014; C1 Team - Women 2014
• Top finish: 4th – 2014 (C1 Team - Women)

Career Highlights

• Pan American Games, Toronto, 2015 (C1 - Women)
• World Cup, 2013 (C1 - Women)
• World Cup, 2012 (C1 - Women)