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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 ...
U.S. distance ace Katie Ledecky put together a powerful attack on her existing world record to become the first Olympic champion in the event for the Americans, since Brooke Bennett topped the podium in 2000. Leading from the start, Ledecky quickly dropped two seconds under a world-record pace, as she pulled away further from the field to smash ...
Katie Ledecky United States: Aug 3, 2013: World Championships: Barcelona, Spain: 54 8:11.00 Katie Ledecky United States: 22 June 2014: Woodlands Senior Invitational Meet Shenandoah, United States [13] 55 8:07.39 Katie Ledecky United States: 8 August 2015: World Championships: Kazan, Russia [14] 56 8:06.68 Katie Ledecky United States: 17 January ...
2019 FINA World Championships; Artistic swimming; Solo; Technical: women: Free: women: Duet; Technical: women: Technical: mixed: Free: women: Free: mixed: Team ...
At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Grimes qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 800 meter freestyle, placing second after Katie Ledecky with a time of 8:20.36. [7] Following the race, Ledecky commented that Grimes was the "future" of swimming in the United States, and also said to Grimes, "Heck yeah I mean you're the now.
Katie Ledecky, five-time female World Swimmer of the Year Inge de Bruijn, the only Dutch female World Swimmer of the Year Natalie Coughlin, female world Swimmer of the Year in 2002 Grant Hackett, male World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 Leisel Jones, female World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 and 2006 Sun Yang is the 2013 male World Swimmer of the Year and a five-time male Pacific Rim Swimmer of ...
Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes qualified to represent the United States during the 2024 United States Olympic trials. Ledecky won the final with a time of 15:37.35, followed by Grimes in second with a 15:57.77. [11] Ledecky will make her second consecutive appearance in the event, while Grimes will make her debut.
Ledecky is 27. She will be 31 in 2028, when the Summer Olympics come to U.S. soil for the first time since she was born. Katie Ledecky, golden again, is 'dreading' time off and already eyeing ...