At the Ohio State Invitational in November 2016, Ledecky lowered her American and U.S. Open marks in the women's 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle.[60]. Figure Skating championships. What I found over time what she was great at, though, was her desire to get better. Instead, Ledecky has a gift that defies measurement. Relief seemed to be the main emotion that sunk into Katie Ledecky's face as she touched the wall to claim her first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics.. Ledecky's victory in the 1500m freestyle . Ledecky passed Quadarella and pulled away in the final 50 meters to win by 1.41 seconds. 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. However, elite swimmers focus on how to generate propulsion more efficiently.. Trust me. 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. With her pair of swims in the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky took control of the top 11 fastest times in the event's history. She has an unnatural sense of what will happen in the pool call it swimming intelligence thats as impressive to witness as it is difficult to quantify. Her 400-meter split was 4:04.34, a personal best for Ledecky in that distance, and would have placed fifth in the individual 400-meter freestyle. She won the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1500-meter freestyle races. The usual gap for a world record is as thin as an Olympic medal. And theyre ultimately suggestions straining to answer a larger question. Still recovering from illness, Ledecky qualified second the next day for the final of the 800-meter freestyle. 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. Katie Ledecky shifts her training base to University of Florida ahead of Paris 2024. A post shared by Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky). She has no long torso, no wide. I promise this isnt because Im getting my butt kicked.. OMAHA As she prepared for her first Olympics nine years ago, a 15-year-old Katie Ledecky carried hopes and dreams into the London Games. She has an elder brother. [11][12][13][14] Ledecky's mother is of Irish descent. But the more coaches and trainers and competitors grasp for answers, the more the reality comes into focus. During a stint at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in early 2016, Conor Dwyer, a two-time Olympian, engaged in a friendly contest with Ledecky jumping onto flat surfaces at increasing heights. 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. [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. At the 2017 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Ledecky won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle and earned a spot on six events. [129] She finished the final in 15:37.34, but her record from the prelim round still holds. Ledecky, who could reach only 21 inches a few years earlier, reached a personal-best 39 inches. Mary Gen Ledecky, who swam in college, encouraged her daughter to write down goals. In her first event in Barcelona, the 400-meter freestyle, Ledecky became a world champion for the first time by winning in 3:59.82, setting a new American record and becoming the second-fastest performer of all time in the event.[31]. She is Unmarried. Shes not doing some special strength program that nobody else knows about. The 800? [122] Ledecky's time of 3:57.36 was the second-fastest time of her career and fourth-fastest in history. Shes not doing it for the adulation, shes not doing it for the title of the worlds greatest swimmer, the coach said. 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. [58] Ledecky was also the 2nd most decorated Olympian at the 2016 games behind Michael Phelps (5 golds, 1 silver).[59]. Her wins came in the 200-, 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle and the 4200-meter freestyle. Katie wants to win by the most massive margin possible, but I dont think she wants to break anyones soul like Michael Jordan did, Barbini said. The swimmer wowed the world in 2012 when she competed in her first Olympics at just 15 and won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle competition. Katie just dives in headfirst and really forces you to get the most out of practice. [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. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. Turned out a bigger foe lurked behind him: the pace clock. Is it her training? [132][133] Additionally, Ledecky signed on to be a volunteer swim coach for the Florida Gators. 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. Shes able to really lean into each arm, Sweetser said. Ledecky finished her high-school career as the holder of the Stone Ridge school record in every swimming event except the 100-meter breaststroke. On the fourth day of competition, Ledecky tied for silver in the 200-meter freestyle (with Emma McKeon), finishing behind Federica Pellegrini with a time of 1:55.18. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records. On the meet's third day, Ledecky's 20th birthday, Ledecky recorded a personal-best time of 1:40.36 in the 200-yard freestyle to edge Manuel and tie Louisville sophomore Mallory Comerford for the title. [20], In December 2020, she completed the required courses for a bachelor of arts in psychology and minor in political science from Stanford University, [21][22] and graduated in June 2021. Nature versus nurture? [109][111] She swam a 1:55.11 in the 200 meter freestyle. But within an hour of each other? Theres no special sauce. Sports, however, bring a desire for answers, for numbers, for specifics, especially for someone whose accomplishments almost have become disorienting. There were days where I wanted to tap my dad and say, Hey, can I just watch? Gemmell said. Coming Sunday: Home subscribers will receive the Los Angeles Times 24-page Olympic preview section, your guide to the upcoming Games. 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[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. [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. That shows a mastery. [34], Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet.[35]. She certainly is.. In a video posted on social media last summer, Ledecky placed a glass of chocolate milk on her head, then swam the length of the pool. 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. This started as a child. (Photo: JIM SHORIN/isiphotos.com, Graphic: KATRINA LIOU/The Stanford Daily) By Inyoung Choi. Ledeckys world records in the 800 freestyle and 1,500 freestyle are 1.95% faster than the second-best women. A 58-foot-wide picture of Ledecky adorned the outside of the CHI Health Center in Omaha during the Olympic trials in 2016. Then the windmilling to the other side resumed. The world record margin for the 12 other individual events in the Olympic program is 0.44%. With four golds, Ledecky expanded her career World Championships medal haul to 22, passing Natalie Coughlin for most for a female swimmer. [16] Her uncle Jon Ledecky is a businessman and a co-owner of the NHL team New York Islanders. Shes just doing it better than everybody else.. Shes really activating her core and that allows her upper body to connect to her lower body and when you put those two together, it gives her really great timing and great catch, said Elizabeth Nagle, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh who studies aquatic physiology. I dont think she had a clue how fast she was going. [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. Ledecky is the first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1500-meter freestyles in a major competition. Katie Ledecky is the most decorated of female swimmer in history with six individual Olympic gold medals and 14 individual long course world titles to date. [69], On the third day of competition, Ledecky defended her 1500-meter freestyle title, winning with a time of 15:31.82. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, Ledecky led all swimmers with three individual titles, winning golds in the 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle. At the 2014 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for both the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Ledecky finished first in the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle. In the middle of a difficult practice, Sweetser noticed Ledecky staring at him. The history-making has become so common, so many would-be competitors left so far behind, that expectations, just like the pictures, are larger than life. Ledecky was also named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2017 and 2022, international female Champion of Champions by L'quipe in 2014 and 2017, United States Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Year in 2013, 2016 and 2017, Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation in 2017, and the ESPY Best Female Athlete in 2022. She keeps logbooks chronicling most of her practices dating to 2011. She won 10 Olympic medals, 7 of which were gold. Because of her analytical approach to training, she knows almost exactly how the race is going to go, Sweetser said. 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[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. Shes kind of a freak athlete. Katie Ledecky was born on March 17, 1997 in Washington, D.C. (via Britannica).One of her most memorable childhood moments was captured on camera, and she shared it with her Twitter followers in . 422 posts. Her wins came in the 200-, 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyles and the 4200-meter freestyle. She didnt hesitate to start faster than they expected and maintain the aggressive pace. In the 1500-meter freestyle, Ledecky broke her own world record in a time of 15:25.48. The team lowered its previous record with a time of 3:07.61, securing a 526.5366 decision over runner-up California-Berkeley, the largest championship margin of victory since 2003. At the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ledecky helped lead Stanford to its first team title since 1998. 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. [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. [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. Many of the top women in the world also possess great height, as world record-holders Sarah Sjostrom and Katie Ledeckey are both six feet tall (1.83m), while 100 free gold medalists Simone Manuel. The girl couldnt make it across the pool. Winning both? [91], As part of the NBC evening telecast for day one of the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials (postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Ledecky was featured in an interview discussing Stanford University's commencement, finishing her college degree, and training for the Olympic Trials. [46], On the third day of competition during the morning session, Ledecky swam in the heats of the 200-meter freestyle and qualified first with a time of 1:55.82. The 1,500? They were called watch times.. She has an uncanny ability to remain herself, not flinch in the face of scrutiny and focus on the task at hand. The Washington athlete is also holds the 800m and 1500m freestyle world records, and owns 18 of the 20 fastest 1500m freestyle times ever. [76], Ledecky signed her first sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc. on June 8, 2018. She was also named the best female swimmer for 2013 by FINA Aquatics World magazine. When Ledecky isn't training, she doesn't stray much from her . [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. 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]. (RNS) Katie Ledecky has no obvious physiological advantages as a swimmer. [89], Ledecky began 2021 at the TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio, Texas. Her world records came in the 400- and 1500-meter freestyles, with times of 3:58.37 and 15:28.36, respectively. About an hour later, she returned to the pool for the 1,500 freestyle final. [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. 3x U.S. Olympic Swimmer (2012, 2016, 2021) 7x Olympic Gold Medalist 19x World Champion Stanford grad #TeamTYR - Katie@teamwass.com. She was just doing what Jon was saying.. Maybe the explanation is unknowable. No. [19], In December 2016, Ledecky was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise alongside gymnast Simone Biles. General swimmers tend to think that if they can just get their arms around faster and kick their legs faster, they can swim faster. [55], Ledecky claimed her third gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, with Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, and Maya DiRado. All of this feeds Ledeckys ability to do things in the pool that arent normal. But she was always bouncing up and down, really bouncy in the water and I think you can swim better than that.. At the academic year's conclusion, the College Sports Information Directors of America named Ledecky the Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for her athletic and academic achievements. They swam identical workouts. On the meet's first day, she recorded the team's fastest split to lower the 800-yard freestyle relay record to 6:45.91 with Manuel, Neal, and Eastin. [44] Ledecky was also named the female swimmer of the meet. Shes not afraid to fail. [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). [15] She was raised Catholic. READ: Katie Ledecky wins by 21 seconds in her first race for a year Having taken a year-long break from competitions amid the pandemic, Ledecky has recently returned to racing and showed few. [134], At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Ledecky won all four of her events: the 400 meter freestyle, 1500 meter freestyle, 4x200 freestyle relay, and 800-meter freestyle. She won three individual gold medals at the 2013 World Championships,. Yuri Suguiyama, her first coach, watched Phelps break Australian Ian Thorpes world record in the 200 freestyle during the world championships in Melbourne.
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