Introducing our second athlete in the athlete spotlight series… Katie Ledecky!
Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female swimmer in history with six individual Olympic gold medals and 14 individual long course world titles to date!
The Washington athlete is also holds the 800m and 1500m freestyle world records, and owns 18 of the 20 fastest 1500m freestyle times ever!
Her Olympic journey began, aged 15, with a surprise 800m free gold medal at London 2012. She went on to win four golds at the 2014 Worlds.
Going into the Rio 2016 Games expectations were high, and Ledecky didn’t disappoint. She bagged the 200m, 400m, 800m and 4x200m freestyle titles to finish as the second most-decorated athlete at Rio 2016 after Michael Phelps.
In Tokyo, she edged her closest rival Ariarne Titmus to land another 800m Olympic gold medal, before winning the inaugural women’s 1500m freestyle title.
“I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I’m not feeling good”.