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Katie Ledecky

1997 - Today

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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky ( lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She is the most decorated female swimmer in history and the most decorated American woman in Olympic history, with a total of 14 Olympic medals, including nine golds. She shares the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by a woman with Larisa Latynina and ranks as the fifth-most decorated Olympian of all time. Ledecky has won a record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships, and 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katie Ledecky is the 99th most popular swimmer (down from 55th in 2019), the 7,792nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,133rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katie Ledecky ranks 99 out of 709. Before her are Brad Cooper, George Kojac, Frederick Lane, Don McKenzie, Otto Wahle, and Jack Medica. After her are Éva Novák-Gerard, Tity Dumbuya, Jan Henne, Ragnhild Hveger, Ethel Lackie, and Oscar Grégoire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Katie Ledecky ranks 27. Before her are Mikel Oyarzabal, Marcus Rashford, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Joe Gomez, Federico Chiesa, and Luis Díaz. After her are Malcom, Sydney Sweeney, Jesús Vallejo, Luka Jović, Cailee Spaeny, and Andrey Rublev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katie Ledecky ranks 7,794 out of 20,380. Before her are Amanda Bearse (1958), Molly Ringwald (1968), Rosalind Chao (1957), Joseph Williams (1960), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), and Alexa PenaVega (1988). After her are Ron Clements (1953), Bernadette Peters (1948), Edward Platt (1916), Brad Fiedel (1951), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), and Walter Breuning (1896).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Katie Ledecky ranks 45. Before her are Lillian Watson (1950), Katherine Rawls (1917), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), George Kojac (1910), Don McKenzie (1947), and Jack Medica (1914). After her are Jan Henne (1947), Ethel Lackie (1907), Matt Biondi (1965), Lynn Burke (1943), Ginny Duenkel (1947), and Perry McGillivray (1893).

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