Katie Ledecky was born on March 17, 1997, in Bedesther, Maryland as Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky.
She is an American competitive swimmer. Katie has won six Olympic individual gold medals and 14 world championship individual gold medals.
Her win is the most in history for a female swimmer.
Where did Katie Ledecky go to college?
Katie attended Stanford university on scholarship where she swam for coach Greg Meehan’s Stanford Cardinal women’s swimming team.
In the summer of 2012, she trained with the Nation’s Capital Swim Club under coach Yuri Suguiyama.
When coach Suguiyama left to coach for the University of California, Berkeley, Lexi never stopped training.
She continued to train with the Nation’s Capital Swim Club under coach Bruce Gemmell through the 2016 Olympics.
During the summers prior to 2012, she swam for Palisades Swim Team in Cabin John, Maryland.
Where did Katie Ledecky go to high school?
Katie attended Little Flower School through eighth grade and graduated from Stone Ridge High School of the Sacred Heart in 2015, in Bethesda.
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.
Ledecky finished her high school career as the holder of the Stone Ridge school record in every swimming event except the 100-meter breaststroke.
