Katie Ledecky
Olympic Games Gold 2012 London 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2013 Barcelona 400 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 800 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle Gold 2013 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2014 Gold Coast 200 m freestyle Gold 2014 Gold Coast 400 m freestyle Gold 2014 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle Gold 2014 Gold Coast 1500 m freestyle Gold 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American distance swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and world record holder. She is the current world record holder in the 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle (long course). She also owns the fastest-ever swims in the 500- and 1650-yard freestyles. In her international debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a 15-year old, Ledecky unexpectedly won gold in the 800-meter freestyle in what was the second-fastest performance ever. In total, she has won ten medals in major international competitions, all of them gold, spanning the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. During her career, she has broken seven world records. Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014, as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2013. Ledecky was also named the international female Champion of Champions by L'Équipe in 2014.