Cathy Hearn


Catherine Ann "Cathy" Hearn-Röthenmund is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s.
She won ten medals at the ICF [Canoe Slalom World Championships] with two golds, three silvers, and five bronzes.
Hearn also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the Canoeing at the [1996 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] in Atlanta in 1996 [Summer Olympics|1996].
Her brother, David Hearn, and her ex-husband, Lecky Haller, also competed for the United States in canoe slalom. Her brother-in-law is a former Swiss kayaker Mathias Röthenmund.
As of 2009, Hearn serves as a coach for the United States canoe slalom team.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
199125 Aug 1991Minden [Wild Water Preserve|Minden]3rdK1
199318 Jul 1993La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
199729 Jun 1997Björbo2ndK1
19973 Aug 1997Minden3rdK1
19982 Aug 1998Wausau1stK1