Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky at the 2016 Olympic Games

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997)^[1] is an American competition swimmer. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she won the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.^[2] At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won four gold medals.

At the world championships in 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, and the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Russia, she won 9 gold medals in total.^[3] She has broken a world record 13 times, in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1500-meter freestyle.^[4]

Ledecky was born in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Katie Ledecky Media

Ledecky (left) at the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona
Ledecky (middle) and fellow Olympic champion Simone Biles (left) sign steel plate of USS Enterprise (2017)
Ledecky speaks to students at Rickard Elementary School in Williston, North Dakota (2015)
Ledecky after breaking the 1500-meter freestyle world record at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
Ledecky after her win in the 400-meter freestyle in Kazan
Ledecky swimming at the 2016 Olympic Games
Ledecky accepts her award for "Female Athlete of the Olympic Games" at the U.S. Olympic Committee Team USA Award Show in Washington, D.C. (September 2016)
Results scoreboard for the women's 1500-meter freestyle World Championship final in Budapest
Ledecky and Leah Smith are alone at the finish after the 800m free in 2018