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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. [6] .
1 day ago · Katie Ledecky swimming to gold in a new world record of 15.25:48 in the women's 1500m freestyle final on August 4, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
1 day ago · Katie Ledecky starts Olympic swimming with fastest time in 400 free prelims, just ahead of Titmus. Katie Ledecky, of the United States, right, and Ariarne Titmus, of Australia, during a heat in the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Katie Ledecky ...
With seven Olympic gold medals and 21 World Championship titles, Katie Ledecky is one of the swimming's all-time greats. Having sprung to fame by winning 800m freestyle gold at London 2012 as a 15-year-old, the American has gone on to become Olympic champion at every distance from 200m to 1500m.
3 days ago · Katie Ledecky touched the wall in first place, looked up at the screen where the results were displayed, and shook her head. She took off her goggles and bobbed in the water before turning back to ...
The seven-time Olympic champion cruised to victory in the women’s 400m freestyle final on Saturday (15 June), finishing four seconds clear of her nearest competitor with a 3:58.35. Katie Ledecky wins big and Gretchen Walsh breaks world record in night one of 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
Jun 23, 2024 · Katie Ledecky did on Saturday what she always does – win an 800m freestyle race. But this victory at the US Olympic Swimming Team Trials had added significance.
1 day ago · Katie Ledecky set up another Olympic showdown with Australia's champion Ariarne Titmus for the 400 metres freestyle title, the American great qualifying fastest for the final as the Paris swimming ...
Jun 16, 2024 · INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. These days, it wouldn’t seem like a Summer Games without her. As steady as ever, Ledecky cruised to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials on Saturday night.
Jul 30, 2021 · TOKYO — Katie Ledecky concluded her Tokyo Olympics with another gold medal in an event she has dominated her entire career, the 800-meter freestyle. She clocked in at 8 minutes 12.57 seconds ...
Jul 8, 2024 · Katie Ledecky is among the greatest professional swimmers in history. The Maryland native began swimming competitively at age 6. After earning a berth on the U.S. Olympic Team at age 15, she set...
May 3, 2024 · Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S....
Jun 28, 2023 · FILE - Katie Ledecky, of the United States, reacts after winning the women’s 1500-meters freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Ledecky started off the U.S. national championships Tuesday, June 27, 2023, with a dazzling performance in the 800-meter freestyle.
2 days ago · Katie Ledecky. United States. 57.69: 1:00.83: 1:00.99: 1:01.35: 4:00.86 +3.37 + Show all. Ben Shpigel is a senior editor on The Times’s Live team, coordinating with desks across the newsroom to ...
Jul 25, 2023 · Katie Ledecky once again blew away the field in the women's 1500m freestyle to retain her crown as the top women's long-distance pool swimmer at the World Aquatics Championships 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan, on Tuesday (25 July).
Aug 17, 2021 · Seven-time Olympic gold medalist and record-breaking swimmer 24-year-old Katie Ledecky is one of the most decorated Olympic athletes from the Tokyo Games. She won the first ever women's 1,...
Jul 31, 2021 · Katie Ledecky ended the Tokyo Olympics with a dominant gold medal performance in the 800m
Jul 31, 2021 · TOKYO — Entering the Tokyo Games, Katie Ledecky had never lost an individual race at the Olympics, swimming everything from the 200-meter to the 800-meter freestyle. But a new generation of...
Jul 28, 2021 · Katie Ledecky has won the women’s 1500-meter freestyle final, giving the American her first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Ledecky, who holds the world record in the 1500m,...
2 days ago · Katie Ledecky (born March 17, 1997, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an American swimmer who is one of the sport’s dominant freestylers, breaking numerous records in the early 21st century. She is especially dominant in longer races, notably the 800 meters and 1,500 meters.
Katie Ledecky won the 800m freestyle at World Championships for a sixth straight time, winning her 16th individual gold medal at Worlds, passing Michael Phelps for the most ever by a...
Jul 25, 2023 · FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Katie Ledecky won the 1,500-meter freestyle with ease on Tuesday at the World Aquatics Championships in a landmark victory which made her the most decorated female swimmer at the worlds with 20 golds overall, 15 of which have come in individual events.
Katie Ledecky is a 10-time Olympic Medalist and 21-time World Championship Gold Medalist, the most decorated woman in World Championships history. She is also the first swimmer to win five consecutive world titles in an individual event (800m free).
With seven Olympic gold medals, 21 world championship titles, multiple world records and a track record of near-invincibility in her strongest events, Katie Ledecky is already considered by many to be the greatest female swimmer of all time.
Jul 28, 2021 · Bouncing back from the worst finish of her brilliant Olympic career, Ledecky claimed the first-ever gold medal in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle Wednesday. About an hour earlier, she was blown...
644K Followers, 971 Following, 525 Posts - Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) on Instagram: "4x U.S. Olympic Swimmer 7x Olympic Gold Medalist. 21x World Champion.
