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Line 78: {{MedalBronze \| 2018 Tokyo \| [[2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle\|200 m freestyle]]}} }} '''Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky''' ~~{{Post-nominals\|OLY}}~~ (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive [[Swimming (sport)\|swimmer]]. She has won seven [[Olympic Games\|Olympic]] gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She has won a world record 16 individual gold medals at the [[World Aquatics Championships]].<ref name="cnnrecord">{{Cite web \|last=Sterling \|first=Wayne \|date=2023-07-29 \|title=Katie Ledecky overtakes Michael Phelps for most individual world titles \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/sport/katie-ledecky-michael-phelps-record-spt-intl/index.html \|access-date=2023-08-10 \|website=CNN \|language=en}}</ref> Ledecky's six individual gold medals at the Olympics and 26 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are [[List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)\|records]] in women's swimming‌. Ledecky is the [[List of world records in swimming\|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 women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. She is widely regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sportsbrief.com/other-sports/32131-greatest-swimmer-time-a-ranked-list-swimmers-ever/ \|title=Greatest swimmer of all time: a ranked list of the best swimmers ever\|work=SportsBrief \|date=January 18, 2023\|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|url=https://blog.myswimpro.com/2021/07/20/how-katie-ledecky-became-the-greatest-distance-swimmer-of-all-time/ \|title=How Katie Ledecky Became the Greatest Distance Swimmer of All Time \|work=[[MySwimPro]] \|date=July 20, 2021 \|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2023/07/29/katie-ledecky-world-championships-swimming-olympics/70492708007/ \|last=Brennan\|first=Christine \|title=Shattering Michael Phelps' Record, Katie Ledecky Shows Why She's The Greatest \|newspaper=[[USA Today]] \|date=July 29, 2023 \|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref> In her international debut at the [[2012 Summer Olympics\|2012 London Olympic Games]] as a 15-year-old, Ledecky unexpectedly won the gold medal in the women's [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle\|800-metre freestyle]]. Four years later, she left [[Rio de Janeiro]] as the most decorated female athlete of the [[2016 Summer Olympics\|2016 Olympic Games]], with four gold medals, one silver medal, and two world records. At the [[2020 Summer Olympics\|2020 Olympic Games]], Ledecky also emerged as the most decorated U.S. female athlete and became the first American female swimmer to win an individual event in three straight Olympiads.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/olympics-katie-ledecky-joins-elite-company-with-third-straight-title-in-800-freestyle/ \|last=Lohn \|first=John \|title=Ledecky Johns Elite Company With Third Straight Title in 800 Freestlye \|work=[[Swimming World]] \|date=July 31, 2022 \|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, she won gold in the 800 meter World Championship, becoming the only swimmer—male or female—to win six World Championship gold medals in the same event.<ref name="6times">{{Cite news\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-individual-golds-world-101814228\|title=Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps for most individual golds at world championships\|first=Stephen\|last=Wade\|date=July 29, 2023\|website=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> In total, she has won 46 medals (36 golds, 9 silvers, and 1 bronze) in major international competitions, spanning the [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics\|Summer Olympics]], [[FINA World Aquatics Championships\|World Championships]], and [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships\|Pan Pacific Championships]]. During her career, she has broken sixteen world records.

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