Female swimmer biography

American swimmer (born 1997)

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997)^[6] is an American competitive swimmer.

Swimming at the 2020 summer olympics – women's 1500 metre freestyle

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 decorated female swimmer, the woman with the most gold medals (tied with Larisa Latynina) and fifth-most decorated athlete in Olympic history.

She has won a record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships.^[7] 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 course). She also holds the fastest-ever times in the