San Diego Summit on Trauma, Violence and Abuse – Keynote Speaker Margaret Hoelzer

Margaret Hoelzer is a U.S. Olympian, keynote speaker and spokesperson for the National Children’s Advocacy Center.

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 keynote 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.