Katie Ledecky is the most successful female swimmer. The American athlete has won seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals. She holds the world records in the 400m ...

At the 2024 Paris Games there might not have been an event with a more obvious favorite than Katie Ledecky and the women’s 1500m freestyle. The long-distance specialist owns the 19 fastest times in ...

When the best female swimmer on the planet goes for gold in Rio, she might just have her Jewish grandmother on her mind. It isn’t up for debate — Katie Ledecky is currently the best female ...

Magazine. Courtesy of Athleta; Kristy Sparow/Getty Katie Ledecky is celebrating International Women's Day doing what she loves. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in partnership with Athleta's ...

With her final swim of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky draped herself in one of the most significant gold medals in the history of the Olympics. Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle, ...

However, other athletic competitors seem rigidly defined by their sport — like swimmer Katie Ledecky. As a record-breaking ...

Sarah Stier/Getty Katie Ledecky had a historic swim on Saturday. The three-time Olympian, 26, surpassed Michael Phelps for most career individual world swimming titles after clinching her 16th ...

Katie Ledecky shared a hilarious anecdote about her mother Mary Gen's swimming skills, as a former coach lauded her strokes. Ledecky also acknowledged that the flair for the sport runs in the family.