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Ledecky won her second gold medal of the Olympics and her seventh of all time in the 800-meter freestyle. Her six individual gold medals are the most of any female Olympic swimmer and female US Olympian, and the second-most of all Olympic swimmers behind Michael Phelps. She became the first swimmer to win a distance event three times in a row ...
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships; List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming; Swimming at the Summer Olympics
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships ...
Ledecky has the 17 fastest 800 freestyle times in history — and 19 of the top 20, as well as 24 of the top 25. That number was as high as 29 before Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh defeated ...
It was her eighth gold medal and 12th Olympic medal overall, matching Jenny Thompson for the most ever by a female swimmer. Yet Ledecky, 27, who won her first Olympic title as an unheralded 15 ...
Katie Ledecky just won another gold medal at the Paris Olympics, breaking the record for most golds by any American female swimmer. The 27-year-old had a historic 800-meter freestyle swim on Aug ...
Ledecky is the only female swimmer to win the award more than three times. [1] Four female swimmers have won three awards: Debbie Meyer (United States) in 1967, 1968 and 1969, Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) in 1991, 1992 and 1995, Janet Evans (United States) in 1987, 1989 and 1990, and Kristin Otto (GDR) in 1984, 1986 and 1988.
Penelope Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer.Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians.Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Summer Games, and the country's youngest Olympic champion with her gold medal win in the 100 m freestyle.