Heidi Hendrick
Athlete Bio
Hometown
Saginaw, MI
Name: Heidi Hendrick
Birthdate: November 16, 1981
Hometown: Saginaw, MI
Current Residence: Plymouth, MI
Career Highlights:
2023 Pan American Games- 21st
2023 US National Championships: 2nd
2023 Laser Run World Championships- 16th
2023 South and Pan-American Championships: 4th
2022 US National Championships: 4th
2019 Triathle/Biathle World Championships: 2nd
Personal
Heidi was a 5 sport athlete in high school (swimming, basketball, soccer, volleyball, & softball) and went on to swim collegiality for the University of Texas and the University of Notre Dame. As a law student, she competed for Michigan State University’s triathlon team and continued to compete in triathlons and open water swimming events, including a 70.3 Ironman race and team relay events across Lake Tahoe and the English Channel. After seeing pentathlon in the 2016 Olympics, she wondered if she could learn to fence, ride a horse, and shoot a gun. In 2019, she competed in her first pentathlon and, later that year, competed at the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In 2023, she competed in her first UIPM World Cup season and qualified for and competed at the 2023 Pan Am Games.