Katie Ledecky

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   Katie Ledecky (Full name: Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky), is a professional American swimmer. She is born in March 17, 1997, in Washington DC, US. She's approximately 183 cm tall and is in the US National Team. She's in the Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP), University of Florida. Although, she's also in the Stanford University team. 



   She is well known for her many astounding achievements in international championships. She has won 7 gold medals and 3 silver medals in the Olympics Games. She has also won 21 gold medals and 5 silver medals in World Championship, long course. Not to mention her achievements in Pan Pacific Championship, which are 8 gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal. She has also won mani national and region competitions before she got into international competitions. 

   Katie is the daughter of Mary Gen (Hagan) and David Ledecky. Her Czech-born paternal grandfather–Jaromír Ledecky–arrived in New York City on September 8, 1947, as a student, having fled Communist Czechoslovakia. He later became an economist, and married an Ashkenazi Jewish woman named Berta Ruth Greenwald. Ledecky's mother is of Irish descent. She was raised Catholic.

   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. During the summer of 2012, she trained with the Nation's Capital Swim Club (formerly the Curl Burke Swim Club) under coach Yuri Suguiyama. After that, she accepted a scholarship to Stanford University where she swam for coach Greg Meehan's Stanford Cardinal women's swimming team.


   In December 2016, Ledecky was chosen as one of the sponsor of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise alongside Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles. They are the first Olympians to be given this honor.

   In December 2020, she completed the required courses for a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and minor in political science from Stanford University, and graduated in June 2021.

   Katie Ledecky became famous as one of the world most talented swimmers. 

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