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Katie Ledecky Biography

Katie Ledecky is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on March 17, 1997 in Washington, D.C., United States. Freestyle swimmer who took home the 800m gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics at 15 years old and had the fastest time ever.

Like She, like Michael Phelps, won a gold medal for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics., was awarded a gold medal by USA. United States at the 2012 London Olympics.

Ledecky was born in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the daughter of Mary Gen (Hagan) and David Ledecky. Her paternal grandfather, Jaromír Ledecký, was Czech, and came to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1947, while her paternal grandmother is Jewish. Her mother is of Irish descent. Ledecky is Catholic.

With three individual titles, Ledecky became the first swimmer to win the 200, 400 and 800 m freestyle at the same Olympics since Debbie Meyer did so in 1968 in Mexico City. Ledecky’s final medal total (four golds, one silver) is the most decorated single-Olympics performance by a U.S. female athlete in terms of gold medals, topping Missy Franklin (2012; four golds, 1 bronze), Simone Biles (2016; four golds, 1 bronze), and Amy Van Dyken (1996; four golds). Ledecky was also the 2nd most decorated Olympian at the 2016 games behind Michael Phelps (5 golds, 1 silver).

Her older brother is called Michael who is an athlete.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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At the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ledecky helped lead Stanford to its first team title since 1998. She reset her American, NCAA, and U.S. Open records in the 800-yard freestyle relay, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle relay and won a meet-best five race titles overall. On the meet’s first day, she recorded the team’s fastest split to lower the 800-yard freestyle relay record to 6:45.91 with Manuel, Neal, and Eastin. The next day, she lowered her own record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:24.06, beating the second-fastest performer of all-time, Leah Smith, by nearly five seconds. On the meet’s third day, Ledecky’s 20th birthday, Ledecky recorded a personal-best time of 1:40.36 in the 200-yard freestyle to edge Manuel and tie Louisville sophomore Mallory Comerford for the title. On the meet’s final day, Ledecky set an NCAA record in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:06.90) en route to a championship record in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:07.70), defeating runner-up Smith by 21.19 seconds and lapping all other competitors. In the meet’s final event, Ledecky joined Manuel, Neal, and Hu to swim the second leg of Stanford’s 400-yard freestyle relay. The team lowered its previous record with a time of 3:07.61, securing a 526.5–366 decision over runner-up California-Berkeley, the largest championship margin of victory since 2003.

Katie Ledecky Net Worth

Katie Ledecky is one of the richest Swimmer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katie Ledecky's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began swimming at the age of 6 and later joined the nation’s Capital Swim Club.

She broke the record set by the National Swimming Association for the freestyle 800 meters in the Olympic Games of 2012 London games in London.

At the NCAA Championships, Ledecky won the 500 and 1650-yard freestyle events by record margins and anchored the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team of Katie Drabot, Brooke Forde, and Ella Eastin. Ledecky finished second in the 400-yard individual medley to Eastin, who lowered the record Ledecky set a month earlier at the Pac-12 Championships. In the 1650-yard freestyle, Ledecky re-set her NCAA record in the 1000-yard free with a split of 9:05.89 en route to winning by more than 28 seconds. In the team standings, Stanford beat runner-up California-Berkeley by 220 points, the largest margin of victory in 25 years.

Ledecky was a USA Olympic team member in 2012 and 2016, and holds the record for most individual gold medals (11) and overall gold medals (15) at the World Aquatics Championships.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ledecky qualified to swim in the final of the 800-meter freestyle by placing third overall in the heats with a time of 8:23.84. In the final, Ledecky stunned the field, winning gold by more than four seconds, with a time of 8:14.63, the then second-fastest effort of all time just behind Rebecca Adlington’s world record of 8:14.10 set in 2008. In addition, she broke Janet Evans’ American record of 8:16.22 that had stood since 1989. In the final, Ledecky went out hard and, by the 200-meter mark, she had already established an almost body-length lead. Her 400-meter split was 4:04.34, a personal best for Ledecky in that distance, and would have placed fifth in the individual 400-meter freestyle. At the 750-meter mark, Ledecky was 3.42 seconds ahead of Mireia Belmonte García, and 0.31 seconds under world record pace. Ledecky won by 4.13 seconds and just missed the world record by 0.53 seconds. Her gold was the first international medal of her career, earning her the 2012 Best Female Performance of the Year and Breakout Performer of the Year at the Golden Goggle Awards.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Katie Ledecky height 6 ft 0 in Katie weight 73 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (/l ə ˈ d ɛ k i / ; Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛdɛtskiː] ; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer who represents DC Trident at the International Swimming League. She has won five Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She is the world record holder in the women’s 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle (long course). She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women’s 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. She currently represents DC Trident which is part of the International Swimming League.

During the summer of 2012, she trained with the Nation’s Capital Swim Club (formerly the Curl Burke Swim Club) under coach Yuri Suguiyama. Following Suguiyama’s departure to coach for the University of California, Berkeley, she continued to train with the Nation’s Capital Swim Club under coach Bruce Gemmell through the 2016 Olympics. During the summers prior to 2012, she swam for Palisades Swim Team in Cabin John, Maryland. Ledecky accepted an athletic scholarship to Stanford University, where she swam for coach Greg Meehan’s Stanford Cardinal women’s swimming team.

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At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska (her first senior national competition), Ledecky made the Olympic team by placing first in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:19.78, which was over two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Kate Ziegler. In Omaha, Ledecky also placed third in the 400-meter freestyle (4:05.00) and ninth in the 200-meter freestyle (1:58.66). Her third-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle was the fastest time ever swum by a 15- to 16-year-old American. At 15 years, 4 months, and 10 days, she was the youngest American participant at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Facts & Trivia

Katie Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Katie Ledecky celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.

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. In total, she has won 34 medals (28 golds, 5 silvers, and 1 bronze) in major international competitions, spanning the Summer Olympics, World Championships, and Pan Pacific Championships. During her career, she has broken fourteen world records.

Is Katie Ledecky the fastest female swimmer?

What are some fun facts about Katie Ledecky?

She captured gold medals in five events (the 200-, 400-, 800-, and 1,500-metre freestyle and the 4 × 200-metre relay) and earned a place in history as the only person to have won four individual freestyle swimming distances in a single world championship or Olympic competition.

Who is faster Michael Phelps vs Katie Ledecky?

Katie Ledecky wins by 12 seconds in trials finale, can tie Michael Phelps record at worlds. Katie Ledecky won the 1500m freestyle by 12.37 seconds to finish the U.S. swimming trials, going four-for-four in her first major meet since the Tokyo Olympics and a cross-country move.

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Who is the fastest swimmer in the world?

Olympic gold-medalist Michael Phelps can swim the 200-meter freestyle in approximately 1.42 minutes, which equates to a speed of about 4.7 mph (miles per hour) or 7.6 km/h (kilometers per hour).

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