Katie Ledecky

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She has won a world record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. Ledecky's six individual gold medals at the Olympics and 26 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are records in women's swimming‌. Ledecky is the world record holder in the women's 800- and 1500-meter freestyle (both long course and short course) as well as the former world record holder in the women's 400-meter freestyle (long course). She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. She is widely regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.

Katie Ledecky
Ledecky at the Golden Goggle Awards
Personal information
Full nameKathleen Genevieve Ledecky
National teamUnited States
Born (1997-03-17) March 17, 1997
Bethesda, MD, U.S.
EducationStone Ridge, Maryland; Stanford University (BA)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
RelativeJon Ledecky (uncle)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP)
University of Florida
College teamStanford University
CoachYuri Suguiyama
Bruce Gemmell
Greg Meehan
Anthony Nesty
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 7 3 0
World Championships (LC) 21 5 0
Pan Pacific Championships (LC) 8 1 1
Total 36 9 1
Olympic Games
2012 London800 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro200 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro400 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro800 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×200 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo800 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo1500 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo400 m freestyle
2020 Tokyo4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2013 Barcelona 400 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona 800 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 200 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 400 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 800 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 1500 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle
2017 Budapest 400 m freestyle
2017 Budapest 800 m freestyle
2017 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
2017 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
2017 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju800 m freestyle
2022 Budapest400 m freestyle
2022 Budapest800 m freestyle
2022 Budapest1500 m freestyle
2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka800 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka1500 m freestyle
2017 Budapest200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju400 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka400 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships (LC)
2014 Gold Coast 200 m freestyle
2014 Gold Coast 400 m freestyle
2014 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle
2014 Gold Coast 1500 m freestyle
2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 400 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 200 m freestyle

In her international debut at the 2012 London Olympic Games as a 15-year-old, Ledecky unexpectedly won the gold medal in the women's 800-metre freestyle. Four years later, she left Rio de Janeiro as the most decorated female athlete of the 2016 Olympic Games, with four gold medals, one silver medal, and two world records. At the 2020 Olympic Games, Ledecky also emerged as the most decorated U.S. female athlete and became the first American female swimmer to win an individual event in three straight Olympiads. In 2023, she won gold in the 800 meter World Championship, becoming the only swimmer - male or female - to win six World Championship gold medals in the same event. In total, she has won 46 medals (36 golds, 9 silvers, and 1 bronze) in major international competitions, spanning the Summer Olympics, World Championships, and Pan Pacific Championships. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records.

Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's Female World Swimmer of the Year a record-breaking five times. Ledecky was also named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2017 and 2022, international female Champion of Champions by L'Équipe in 2014 and 2017, United States Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Year in 2013, 2016 and 2017, Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation in 2017, and the ESPY Best Female Athlete in 2022.

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