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Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky OLY (/ ləˈdɛki / lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) [6] 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 ...
Lydia Alice Jacoby OLY (born February 29, 2004) is an American professional swimmer. She was the first Alaskan to qualify for an Olympic Games in swimming, competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, where she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.95, which was the fastest time ever achieved by a female American swimmer in the event in the 17–18 age ...
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
Victoria "Torri" Huske (/ ˈtɔːriː ˈhʌsk / TOR-ee HUSK; Chinese given name: 简爱, pinyin: Jiǎn’ài, born December 7, 2002) [1] is an American competitive swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter butterfly. She holds world records in two relays: the 4x100-meter medley and 4x100-meter mixed medley.
Katie Ledecky of Team USA and Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia react after competing in the Women's 400-m freestyle heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on ...
Janet Beth Evans OLY [1] (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989-1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
Jenny Thompson. Jennifer Beth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist. She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire, her ...
PARIS — A Caeleb Dressel-anchored American relay roared to Team USA’s first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics with dominant swims, flexed muscles, tears and a full-circle moment.