She reset her American, NCAA, and U.S. Open records in the 800-yard freestyle relay, 500-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle relay and won a meet-best five race titles overall. The next morning, Ledecky struggled through her preliminary heat of the 1500-meter freestyle despite qualifying first for the event's final. [7] In total, she has won 42 medals (34 golds, 7 silvers, and 1 bronze) in major international competitions, spanning the Summer Olympics, World Championships, and Pan Pacific Championships. Ledecky accepted an athletic scholarship to Stanford University, where she swam for coach Greg Meehan's Stanford Cardinal women's swimming team. Take the 400 freestyle final at the trials. Katie Ledecky competes in the womens 1500-meter freestyle during the U.S. Olympic swim trials on June 16 in Omaha, Neb. [105][106] Later the same day in the evening semifinals for the 200 meter freestyle, Ledecky finished first with a time of 1:55.83. On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, and Katie McLaughlin won gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. A similar picture covered the front of the building as the trials took place last month, another reminder that she is the face of the sport. That shows a mastery. [4], Ledecky began swimming at the age of six due to the influence of her older brother, Michael, and her mother, who swam for the University of New Mexico. She was also named the best female swimmer for 2013 by FINA Aquatics World magazine. . Is she tall for an elite swimmer? At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Ledecky battled illness and withdrew from two events before winning her fourth-straight World Championship title in the 800-meter freestyle. The top 11 times. The words were matter-of-fact, delivered without a trace of pretense. Nathan Fenno is a sports enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times focused on investigations, features and in-depth stories. In the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky broke her own world record in a time of 15:25.48. The 800? The world record margin for the 12 other individual events in the Olympic program is 0.44%. The girl couldnt make it across the pool. [71], Following another undefeated dual meet season, Ledecky earned Swimmer of the Meet honors for the second straight year at the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, sweeping the 500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley, and 200-yard freestyle. Thats why Bruce Gemmell quips that Ledecky would be content to race in a cardboard box. Unlike her other races, it was not an easy win for Ledecky, which featured the likes of Missy Franklin and Federica Pellegrini. When reminiscing about her pre-teen years in the pool, she told an athletic trainer that she cared more about perfecting her stroke than about winning. Dwyer topped out at 40 inches. Shes doing what everybody else does. Then the windmilling to the other side resumed. At the 2013 US National Championships, Ledecky qualified to swim in four individual events and the 4200-meter freestyle relay at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, though she later dropped the 200-meter freestyle from her program. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. [132][133] Additionally, Ledecky signed on to be a volunteer swim coach for the Florida Gators. At the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ledecky helped lead Stanford to its first team title since 1998. Its a remarkable combination, particularly for someone to be that dominant for so long, which takes so much commitment, while at the same time being so nice and polite and kind., Matt Barbini, USA Swimmings national team performance director. Before she entered the pool, the United States was trailing both Australia and China, but she swam a time of 1:53.76 to finish the race 0.4 seconds behind the Chinese swimmer Li Bingjie and ahead of Australia, who were the favorites coming into the competition. Ledecky won freestyle golds as a 16-year-old in the 2013 World Championships in the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and the 4x200m, following her first place in the 800m in London 2012. It was two big kicks and bilateral breathing. [138], Ledecky joined Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, and Bella Sims on the U.S. 4x200 freestyle relay on day five. At the Texas A&M Invitational in November 2017, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open mark in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:03.31. [135] Ledecky earned FINA's female swimmer of the meet trophy for a third time. It might be easy to brush off the prediction as a fluke, but chance doesnt play much of a role when Ledecky is involved. [65] In the meet's final event, Ledecky joined Manuel, Neal, and Hu to swim the second leg of Stanford's 400-yard freestyle relay. [108] These two swims secured her spots on the US Olympic Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meter freestyle and 200 meter freestyle individual events as well as the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. He thought the she was sizing him up as another opponent to defeat. The next day, Ledecky anchored the United States team of Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, and Katie McLaughlin in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Ledecky almost broke the world record in the 800-meter freestyle, finishing with a time of 8:11.35. Im know Im supposed to be doing this too. [123] This was Ledecky's first loss in an individual event at the Olympics. Ledecky began 2016 at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin. It worked. This started as a child. She is Unmarried. Michael Phelps, the 28-time Olympic medalist, called Ledecky the greatest female swimmer of our time.. Were offering L.A. Times subscribers first access to our best journalism. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records. Even elite womens swimmers at the Olympics arent able to pull off that kind of stroke.. Fifty-two percent of SwimSwam.com readers voted Ledecky the top swimmer of the decade, ahead of Michael Phelps. She has the 24 fastest swims of all time. The questions pile up too. Shes kind of a freak athlete, said Lee Sommers, an athletic trainer in Bethesda, Md., who helped prepare Ledecky for Rio. The Americans (Simone Manuel, Ledecky, Melanie Margalis and Katie McLaughlin) set a new American record and swam under the existing world record with a time of 7:41.87, yet placed second to the Australian team (7:41.50). 3x U.S. Olympic Swimmer (2012, 2016, 2021) 7x Olympic Gold Medalist 19x World Champion Stanford grad #TeamTYR - Katie@teamwass.com. [27] At 15 years, 4 months, and 10 days, she was the youngest American participant at the 2012 Olympic Games.[28]. What stood out to me was nothing stood out physically, he said. [19], In December 2016, Ledecky was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise alongside gymnast Simone Biles. More recently, in the 1,500 at the Olympic trials, again, except . Visit latimes.com/olympics now and throughout the Games for the latest Olympic news and analysis. [124][125] In the same prelims session as the 1500 meter freestyle, Ledecky ranked first in the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:55.28 and advanced to the event's semifinals. In the 400-yard individual medley, Ledecky broke Katinka Hossz's all-time record by one-hundredth of a second, finishing in 3:56.53. I promise this isnt because Im getting my butt kicked.. On July 1, Ledecky broke Janet Evans's 28-year-old national championship record in the morning preliminary heats of the 800-meter freestyle (8:10.91) before placing seventh that evening in the 100-meter freestyle (53.99). Katie Ledecky was born on 17 March 1997 in Washington, DC, United States. At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Ledecky won five gold medals and broke three world records. Follow. [112][113][114], Friday June 18, 2021, the sixth day of competition, Ledecky won with a time of 8:16.61 in the prelims heats of the 800-meter freestyle and advanced to the final. "[18], During the championships' closing ceremonies, Ledecky was named the female swimmer of the meet.[43]. She became the first swimmer to win a distance event three times in a row, as well as the youngest and oldest person to win the 800 free (at age 15 in 2012 and age 24 in 2021). She won the first-ever women's 1500 . Shes swimming faster than we are, said Urbanchek, coach to 44 Olympians and an assistant on six Olympic teams. [8], Ledecky was born in Washington, D.C.[1] and raised in the suburb of Bethesda, Maryland,[9] the daughter of Mary Gen (Hagan) and David Ledecky. [87] Ledecky withdrew from the 800-meter freestyle race due to illness. 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[39], In the 200-meter freestyle final, Ledecky had over a half-second lead on the field at the halfway point before winning by 1.46 seconds with a meet record time of 1:55.74. In between London and Rio, Ledecky quietly became the world's most dominant swimmer no longer just a distance specialist. Trust me, Gemmell said. Sometimes she faded. "I fought tooth and nail," Ledecky said. She set a time of 15:08.24, breaking the previous world record set by German swimmer Sarah Khler by almost 10 seconds. This is really impressive. But her career is also a two-way conversation. Im willing to bet she has a V02 max thats better than anybody else on the face of the earth, Robinson said, referring to the maximum amount of oxygen a person uses while exercising. The usual gap for a world record is as thin as an Olympic medal. Her combined 20 individual titles at the Olympics (6) and World Aquatics Championships (14) is also a record for female swimmers. She was swimming like most classic female distance swimmers, Suguiyama later told the American Swimming Coaches Assn. Then theres the sheer efficiency of how her body works. With this win being Ledecky's twelfth World Championship gold medal, Ledecky passed Missy Franklin for the most gold medals won by a female swimmer in long course World Championships history.[70]. Or perhaps the answer is more basic. They cant quantify this, but believe she hangs onto more water than other swimmers. Katie Grimes, who at 15 finished second in the 1,500-meter freestyle during the swim trials, said, "Maybe I can be just like Katie [Ledecky] one day," after her trials performance. Ledecky trailed Quadarella into the final wall. [24] In Omaha, Ledecky also placed third in the 400-meter freestyle (4:05.00) and ninth in the 200-meter freestyle (1:58.66). (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) At . Or Mark finding Ledecky eating alone in the dining hall at the London Olympics the day of her 800 freestyle final, appearing as calm as a seasoned veteran. At the Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, Washington, Ledecky earned Swimmer of the Meet honors with four American records as Stanford won its first conference title in four years. She also swam in the 100-meter freestyle heats. But within an hour of each other? Maybe there isnt a secret. 578K followers. While Michael Phelps and his fighter-jet wingspan already have passed history by with a record 22 medals . On the first day of competition, Ledecky led Australian Ariarne Titmus into the final wall of the 400-meter freestyle final before fading to second. [68] Later that evening, Ledecky swam the third leg of the 4100-meter freestyle. [54], Ledecky won a second gold in the 200-meter freestyle with a personal best of 1:53.73, beating Sarah Sjstrm by 0.35 seconds. They are the first Olympians to be given this honor. Matt Barbini, USA Swimmings national team performance director, recalled the feeling after Ledeckys surprise victory in the 800 at the London Olympics in 2012 introduced the little-known teenager to the world. Yuri Suguiyama, her first coach, watched Phelps break Australian Ian Thorpes world record in the 200 freestyle during the world championships in Melbourne. [141], The following week at the World Cup's Indianapolis stop, Ledecky broke the world record in the 800m short course freestyle. That performance burned into the coachs memory. Ledecky opened the Trials with a win and meet record in the 400-meter freestyle (3:58.98). She broke the existing mark by five seconds. Or Gemmell calling other coaches for ideas on how to challenge this once-in-a-lifetime teenager doing crazy stuff in practice. She doesnt have a central governor like most athletes do, that mind-to-muscle idea that I need to shut down right now. Theres nothing you can throw at her that she cant convince herself that she can do., Lee Sommers, an athletic trainer in Bethesda, Md., who helped prepare Ledecky for Rio. Somehow she makes this look easy. [136], On the first day of competition, Ledecky won the 400-meter freestyle in a championship record 3:58.15, besting Canadian silver medalist Summer McIntosh by 1.24 seconds. In the debut of the women's 1500 meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics, Ledecky set an Olympic record in her heat with a time of 15:35.35 and advanced to the final ranked first overall. The Untold Truth Of Katie Ledecky. A 58-foot-wide picture of Ledecky adorned the outside of the CHI Health Center in Omaha during the Olympic trials in 2016. Ledecky's winning time was over six seconds quicker than American teammate and silver medalist Cierra Runge. Hideki Takagi, a professor at the University of Tsukuba in Japan focused on the hydrodynamics and biomechanics of swimming, underlined the importance of this trait. What transformed that girl who couldnt make it across the pool? Her 3:57.36 on Sunday was the second-fastest she . At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Ledecky won two gold medals and two silver medals, making her the most decorated U.S. female athlete for a second straight Summer Olympics. On the seventh day of competition, Ledecky completed her World Championships run by winning gold in the 800-meter freestyle in a world record time of 8:07.39, breaking her own record by 3.61 seconds.[44]. [126] She swam a 1:55.34 in the semifinals of the 200 meter freestyle and advanced to the final ranking third overall. Katie Ledecky reacts after competing in the womens 800-meter freestyle final during the U.S. Olympic trials at CHI Health Center on June 19 in Omaha, Neb. I think I do a pretty good job of sticking to those and not seeing what kinds of medal counts or times that people are throwing out about what I could accomplish if everything goes perfectly.. Is it her training? [62] On the meet's final day, Ledecky joined Manuel, Neal, and Janet Hu to break the NCAA and American record in the 400-yard freestyle relay. And theyre ultimately suggestions straining to answer a larger question. In the final, Ledecky went out hard and, by the 200-meter mark, she had already established an almost body-length lead. In the team standings, Stanford beat runner-up California-Berkeley by 220 points, the largest margin of victory in 25 years. Ledecky's swim was the seventh-fastest performance in history. Sims anchored the team to a championship record time of 7:41.45. 883 following. [86], Ledecky began 2020 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa, where she won the 200-, 400- and 1500-meter freestyle races. Ledecky made her first splash in international swimming after her freshman year at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in . God? [85] She finished third in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Decade voting, behind Serena Williams and Simone Biles. Because of her analytical approach to training, she knows almost exactly how the race is going to go, Sweetser said. But the more coaches and trainers and competitors grasp for answers, the more the reality comes into focus. Shes doing what everybody else does. In her international debut at the 2012 London Olympic Games as a 15-year-old, Ledecky unexpectedly won the gold medal in the women's 800-metre freestyle. The biggest question when she knifes through the water usually isnt whether shes going to touch the wall first, but how many body lengths shell be in front of the second-place finisher. Three days later, Ledecky then broke the world record in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:11.00,[37] bettering her previous mark of 8:13.86. [41], On the meet's final day, Ledecky set her fifth world record of the year, lowering her record in the 1500-meter freestyle by nearly six seconds with a time of 15:28.36. On the first day of competition, Ledecky won gold in the 800-meter freestyle with a championship-record time of 8:09.13, topping runner-up Ariarne Titmus of Australia by 7.94 seconds. With her mark in the 400, Ledecky became the first female since Janet Evans to hold world records simultaneously in the 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyles. [45], In the heats of the 1500-meter freestyle on the second day of competition, Ledecky broke her own world record in a time of 15:27.71. The victories, the records, the head-shaking performances in which her only competition is the clock, are so frequent that they seem as routine as her unassuming comments after each race with history. [82], For the seventh-straight year, Ledecky finished the year with the top times in the world in both the 800- and 1500-meter freestyle (8:10.70 and 15:35.98). Shes kind of a freak athlete. The next day, Ledecky lowered her meet record, winning the 800-meter freestyle final by nearly 10 seconds (8:10.32). Shes not doing it for the adulation, shes not doing it for the title of the worlds greatest swimmer, the coach said. For lengthy races like the 1,500 meters, this must remain constant for more than 15 minutes. A week after she obliterated the 1500m short-course record, Katie Ledecky broke another - this time in the 800m as she stormed to victory at the FINA World Cup in Indianapolis.. The most important expectations are the ones that I have for myself, said Ledecky, who graduated from Stanford with a psychology degree last month. One key is obsessive attention to detail. Katie Ledecky. The next day, Ledecky lowered her own mark again in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:25.15. That night, Ledecky lowered the record again, setting the first world record ever at the new Gold Coast Aquatic Center with a time of 3:58.37. The 400? Her physiology? [120][121] However, she finished second to Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus to win the silver medal, trailing Titmus by half a second after leading at the 300m mark. Katie Ledecky is doing what Katie Ledecky does! the public address announcer shouted last month as she completed another convincing victory during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Katie Ledecky studied at Stanford University. She also took bronze in the 200-meter freestyle and silver in the 4x200-meter freestyle. [32] The hard-fought race saw Ledecky overcome Dane Lotte Friis in the final few hundred meters after losing the lead at the 300-meter mark and included a final 50 split of 29.47. We dont talk about it. A lot of people have the tendency to want to protect themselves in their training, Sweetser said. Are you willing to push yourself beyond all comprehension or are you not? Nagle said. About 18 months before the London Olympics, Suguiyama suggested that Ledecky adopt the gallop. [69], On the third day of competition, Ledecky defended her 1500-meter freestyle title, winning with a time of 15:31.82. A seven-time Olympic gold medalist and record-breaking swimmer, 24-year-old Katie Ledecky is one of the most decorated Olympic athletes from the Tokyo games. Thats not new. She won a fourth gold in her final individual event, the 800-meter freestyle. He describes them as holy cannoli swims that would leave almost anyone elses jaw on the floor. It cant be easy to go train against Katie when you know youre going to get your head kicked in, said Keenan Robinson, Phelps longtime strength and conditioning coach. The section also will be available for purchase at latimes.com/store. Shes just doing it better than everybody else., Bruce Gemmell, Katie Ledeckys coach at the Nations Capital Swim Club, Some of this immunity to pressure comes from her knack to set goals, internalize them, then turn them into reality. No detail is too small. She achieved this result less than an hour after swimming the 1500-meter freestyle final. [55], Ledecky claimed her third gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, with Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, and Maya DiRado. This was Ledecky's first international loss in a final in individual event. In the middle of a difficult practice, Sweetser noticed Ledecky staring at him. Swimming the anchor leg again, Ledecky provided the fastest split of the field (1:53.74) to turn a 0.89-second deficit into a 1.84-second victory, stopping the clock at 7:43.03.[56]. She won three individual gold medals at the 2013 World Championships,. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Her world records came in the 400- and 1500-meter freestyles, with times of 3:58.37 and 15:28.36, respectively. [139], On day 7, Ledecky won her final event by over 10 seconds, recording a time of 8:08.04 in the 800-meter freestyle. The process trumped everything. Ledecky concluded the championships with another gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle, winning by a margin of 21.11-seconds (15:38.97). [38], At the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, Ledecky won five gold medals and broke two world records. She got her degree instead", "What's Next For Super Olympian Katie Ledecky? Swimming the anchor leg, Ledecky recorded a split of 1:55.64 and the Americans finished with an aggregate time of 7:45.37. Shes not doing some special strength program that nobody else knows about. The next day, Ledecky anchored for Team USA in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay, winning a silver medal alongside teammates Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, and Katie McLaughlin behind China. [34], Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet.[35]. On the fourth day of the Olympic trials, for example, she won the 200 freestyle by a full body length after pulling away in the final 50 meters. On the fifth day of competition, Ledecky, with Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford, and Melanie Margalis won gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. The stroke thats propelled Ledecky to record after record is connected to another legend. Before Ledecky, Sommers had never trained a swimmer, so he approached her like other athletes reliant on overhead motion, focusing on core strength, shoulder stability, injury prevention, plus explosiveness in short distances. [72], At the NCAA Championships, Ledecky won the 500 and 1650-yard freestyle events by record margins and anchored the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team of Katie Drabot, Brooke Forde, and Ella Eastin. Much like the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky let Lotte Friis lead most of the race, making a move at the 650-meter mark to eventually win the race by 2.46 seconds. Trust me. I really havent had too many of those over the past couple months, so thats a good thing.. Katie Ledecky is the only female American competitive swimmer who owns most medals and holds the record in 400, 800, and 1500-meter freestyles, 500, 1000, and 1650-yard freestyle events. [83], Ledecky collected several end-of-decade honors. 578k Followers, 883 Following, 422 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) katieledecky. She wasnt great at skills or drills we would try and teach her. Some said it would never happen. She won gold in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyles in Tokyo, as well as silver medals in the 400-meter and 4x200-meter freestyle events. She had a smile that seemed bigger than her diminutive frame, swim cap pulled over her ears and enthusiastic post-race analyses captured on home movies. The five-time Olympic gold medalist owns world records in the 400-, 800-, and 1,500-meter freestyles. [25][26] Her third-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle was the fastest time ever swum by a 15- to 16-year-old American. [17] During her high-school swimming career, Ledecky twice set the American and US Open record in the 500-yard freestyle, and she twice set the national high-school record in the 200-yard freestyle. She won the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1500-meter freestyle races. [104] Two events later, she swam a 15:43.10 in the 1500 meter freestyle prelims, ranking as the fastest swimmer of prelims heat, advancing to the final, and setting a new Championship Record over four seconds faster than the previous record she set in 2013. Since NCAA rules keep mens and womens swim teams that dont use the same coach from practicing together, Ledecky used lane 12 and Sweetser lane 11. National Team Director Frank Busch described Ledecky's 1500 performance as "the most impressive race I have ever seen, and I've been in the sport for 50 years. She's blazing a completely different trail than anyone who has come before. But she addressed it and moved forward. In the inaugural season of the International Swimming League, Ledecky represented DC Trident. Still recovering from illness, Ledecky qualified second the next day for the final of the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's Female World Swimmer of the Year a record-breaking five times. At just 19 years old, Katie Ledecky is the most dominant swimmer in the world. [140], On October 28, during the Toronto round of the FINA Swimming World Cup, Ledecky swam the 1500m short course event for the first time. Ledecky has plenty, starting with the hip turn and core that provide much of her power. She won 10 Olympic medals, 7 of which were gold. [47] Twenty-nine minutes later, Ledecky qualified 6th in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:56.76. Katie just dives in headfirst and really forces you to get the most out of practice. But the time was almost five seconds off Ledeckys world record set in Rio. Ledecky is a 10-time Olympic medalist with seven golds. Ledecky qualified in the heats with a time of 3:58.71, an Olympic record. Yes. The time that would be a career-making moment for almost any other swimmer surprised her.

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