Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky

American swimmer (born 1997)
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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated female swimmer, the woman with the most gold medals (tied with Larisa Latynina) and fifth-most decorated athlete in Olympic history. She has won a record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. Ledecky's 10 individual 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.

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Katie Ledecky was born on Monday, 17 March 1997 in Washington, DC, USA. Her full name at birth was Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky. She is best known as a professional swimmer. Ledecky's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Katie attended high school at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. For university, she studied at Stanford University. Her religion is listed as Roman Catholic. She is 6' (183 cm) tall and weighs 155 lbs (70 kg) with an athletic build. She has hazel eyes and dyed blonde hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $4,000,000 US dollars. Katie Ledecky is 28 years old and her zodiac star sign is Pisces.

You can find people similar to Katie Ledecky by visiting our lists Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky
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Olympic gold medalist, and nine-time world champion
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17 March 1997
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Washington, DC, USA
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Competition Swimmer
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6' (183 cm)
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155 lbs (70 kg)
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$4,000,000 USD
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Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
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Stanford University
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Katie Ledecky is known for her role in the TV special The 2022 ESPY Awards (2022) as Self.

She is also known for her role in the TV mini series Tokyo 2020: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (2021) as Self.

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