Thompson and Ledecky are, as of Wednesday, neck-and-neck for most gold medals from a female Olympic swimmer from any country.Ledecky is also only one medal behind the record for the most medals of all...
Ledecky holds world records in two events, and has broken world records over a dozen times, according to NBC Olympics.And remember how her 1500m freestyle race broke her own Olympic record? That's hap...
83 seconds.Ledecky also holds the world record in the 800m freestyle event.When it comes to world championships and the Olympics, Katie Ledecky is, to date, unbeaten in the the 800m freestyle and in t...
According to NBC Olympics, Katie Ledecky "is comfortably the greatest distance swimmer of all time, regardless of gender." No swimmer comes close to her record in events above 400m.That means if you a...