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Since her debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the age of 15, Katie Ledecky has broken 16 world records and is the most decorated female swimmer in history, with seven Olympic gold medals and 21 ...
What world records does Katie Ledecky hold? Ledecky currently holds world records for 800-meter freestyle (8 minutes, 4.79 seconds) and the 1500-meter freestyle (15:20.48).
Katie Ledecky holds two long course world records (four total). Gretchen Walsh holds the most total records with nine (five individual and four relays). The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming.
Ledecky led from the start, winning by more than 10 seconds in 15 minutes, 30.02 seconds, shattering her Olympic record and collecting her first gold medal at these Games.
Katie Ledecky (USA) 2016 Olympic Games August 7, 2016 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 3:57.94 [14] Katie Ledecky (Stanford) 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series May 17, 2018 / Indianapolis: 800 free: 8:04.79 + Katie Ledecky (USA) 2016 Olympic Games August 12, 2016 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 8:06.68 Katie Ledecky (Nations Capital) 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series
Ledecky also overturned the existing Olympic record in 8:12.86 to top the field of twenty-seven swimmers in the prelims, taking 1.24 seconds off the standard set by Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington in a since-banned high-tech bodysuit in Beijing eight years earlier. [9] [10]
The 27-year-old Ledecky bumped her career total to 12 medals with a dominating victory in the 1,500-meter freestyl e Wednesday night, equaling three fellow Americans — Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson — for the most ever by a female swimmer.
American superstar swimmer Katie Ledecky etched her name (again) into the US history books. By winning a silver medal in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, Ledecky became the most decorated ...