About Katie

Katie Ledecky is a 14-time Olympic Medalist (9-time Gold Medalist) and 21-time World Championship Gold Medalist, the most decorated U.S. female Olympian and the most decorated woman in World Championships history. She is the first swimmer to win six consecutive world titles in an individual event (800m free). In 2024, Katie became the first woman in Olympic history to win the same individual event at four-straight Olympics (800m free). Katie currently holds 16 World Records and 37 American Records. Katie went home with two Gold Medals, one Silver Medal and one Bronze Medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, making her the most decorated female Olympian of all time. Katie’s success has earned her USA Swimming’s Golden Goggles Award as Female Swimmer of the Year an unprecedented nine times. In her two seasons with the Stanford Cardinals swim team, Katie won eight NCAA titles and broke 15 NCAA records, helping to lead the team to back-to-back NCAA Team Championships and two Pac-12 Conference Team Championships. Katie won multiple accolades during her time at Stanford, including nine-time All-American, CWSA Honda Cup Winner, AP Female Athlete of the Year, CSCAA Scholar All-American and the CoSIDA Division I Academic All-American Team Member of the Year. Katie’s 2024 memoir, Just Add Water, become an instant New York Times’ Best-Seller. Katie is passionate about the importance of education, especially STEM and leadership programs for girls.