Career Accolades
• Two-time Olympian (2012, 2016)
• Six-time Olympic medalist (five gold, one silver)
• 14-time World Championships gold medalist, most ever by a female
• 14-time USA Swimming national champion
• Current world record holder in 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyles
• Finished collegiate career as American record holder in the 500-yard, 1000-yard, 1650-yard, 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyles
• Finished collegiate career with six Stanford school records: 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06), 1000 free (9:05.89), 1650 free (15:03.31), 400 free relay (3:07.61), 800 free relay (6:45.91)
• Finished collegiate career with three Stanford pool records in 500 free (4:33.94), 1000 free (9:10.49) and 400 free relay (3:15.05)
• As a collegian, broke American records 11 times, NCAA records 15 times and NCAA meet records six times
• Member of two NCAA championship teams (2017, 2018)
• Member of two Pac-12 championship teams (2017, 2018)
• Eight-time NCAA champion
• 200 free (1) - 2017
• 500 free (2) - 2017 (American record), 2018
• 1650 free (2) - 2017 (NCAA meet record), 2018 (NCAA meet record)
• 400 free relay (1) - 2017 (American record)
• 800 free relay (2) - 2017 (American record), 2018
• Nine-time All-America
• 200 free - 2017 (1st)
• 500 free - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• 1650 free - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• 400 individual medley - 2018 (2nd)
• 400 free relay - 2017 (1st)
• 800 free relay - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• Seven-time Pac-12 champion
• 400 IM - 2017 (American record), 2018 (American record)
• 200 free - 2018
• 500 free - 2017 (American record), 2018
• 400 free relay - 2017 (American record)
• 800 free relay - 2017 (American record)
• 2018 CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year
• 2018 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 2018 Al Masters Award winner, top honor given by Stanford Athletics
• 2018 Honda Sport Award nominee
• 2017 Honda Cup Award Winner
• Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America (2017, 2018)
• 2017 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
• 2017 Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
• Two-time Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet (2017, 2018)
2017-18 • Sophomore
• Member of NCAA championship team
• Member of Pac-12 championship team
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year
• CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• Three-time NCAA champion
• 500 free (4:26.57), 1650 free (15:07.57, NCAA meet record), 800 free relay (6:46.93)
• Also set NCAA record in the 1000 free with a split of 9:05.89 in the 1650 free
• Four-time All-America
• 500 free, 1,650 free, 800 free relay, 400 individual medley (2nd, 3:58.29)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion
• 400 IM (3:56.53, American/NCAA record), 500 free (4:26.09), 200 free (1:40.71)
• Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• Set American/NCAA records in 1,650 free (15:03.31) at Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 18)
• Honda Sport Award nominee
• Al Masters Award winner, top honor given by Stanford Athletics
• Won the 200 free, 500 free and 1,000 free at USA College Swimming Challenge (Oct. 20)
• Four-time College Swimming National Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 23, Feb. 14)
• Unbeaten in the 200 free (five races), 500 free (seven races), 1,000 free (five races) and 1,650 free (two races)
2016-17 • Freshman
• Member of NCAA championship team
• Member of Pac-12 championship team
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Honda Cup Award winner (only the second freshman to win the award)
• Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
• Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• Five-time NCAA champion, most in the nation
• 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06, American/NCAA record), 1650 free (15:07.70), 400 free relay (3:07.61, American/NCAA record), 800 free relay (6:45.91, American/NCAA record)
• Also set NCAA record in the 1000 free with a split of 9:06.90 in the 1650 free
• Five-time All-America
• 200 free (1st), 500 free (1st), 1650 free (1st), 400 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st)
• Four-time Pac-12 champion
• 500 free (4:25.15, American/NCAA record), 400 IM (3:57.68, American record), 400 free relay (3:08.51, NCAA/American record), 800 free relay (6:49.42, NCAA/American record)
• Broke seven Stanford records in freshman season: 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06), 1000 free (9:06.90), 1650 free (15:03.92), 400 IM (3:57.68), 400 free relay (3:07.61), 800 free relay (6:45.91)
• Broke American records nine times, NCAA records 12 times and NCAA meet records four times as a freshman
• First Stanford swimmer since Misty Hyman (1998) to capture three individual event titles and two relay titles at a single NCAA Championships
• First NCAA swimmer in 29 years to capture individual event titles in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyles at a single NCAA Championships
• Won three titles at Phillips 66 USA National Championships (200m free, 400m free, 800m free)
• Won five gold medals and a silver at 2017 FINA World Championships
• Two-time Pac-12 Swimmer of the Month (November, February)
The Ledecky File
• Twenty-four International gold medals, including 14-time World Championship gold medalist (most ever by a female)
• Won five medals (four gold, one silver) at 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Won gold and set world record in the 800-meter freestyle (8:04.79)
• Won gold and set world record in the 400-meter freestyle (3:56.46)
• Won gold in the 200-meter freestyle (1:53.73)
• Won gold in the 800-meter freestyle relay (7:43.03)
• Won silver in the 400-meter freestyle relay (3:31.89)
• 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 800-meter freestyle (8:14.63) at age 15
• First woman ever to win four individual gold medals at a single Pan Pacific Championships (2014)
• First woman ever to win four individual gold medals at a single FINA Long Course World Championships (2015)
• First woman ever to win 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle events at a single FINA Long Course World Championships (2015)
• Four-time USA Swimming Athlete of the Year
• USA Swimming Performance of the Year for a record five consecutive years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Four-time Swimming World World and American Swimmer of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Two-time Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year (2014, 2015)
• Eleven-time USA Swimming Golden Goggles award winner
• Three-time Washington Post All-Met High School Swimmer of the Year
• Two-time FINA Top Female Swimmer at World Championships (2013, 2015)
• Two-time FINA Best Performance by a Female Swimmer Award (2015, 2016)
• 2016 Team USA Top Female Athlete of the Olympic Games
• 2016 Time 100 Most Influential People In The World list
• 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Overall Female Title winner
• 2014 Pan Pacific Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• 2014 L'Equipe Champion of Champions -- World Athlete of the Year
• 2013 US Olympic Committee Sportswoman of the Year
• 2013 FINA Athlete of the Year
• Inducted into Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (youngest woman ever inducted) and Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame
• 16-time NISCA High School All-American
• National high school record holder in 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle
• Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Co-captain of high school swim team
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• LA 2024 (Olympic bid) Athletes Advisory Commission member
• Hobbies include volunteering, scrabble, chess, piano
• Daughter of David and Mary Gen Ledecky
• Two-time Olympian (2012, 2016)
• Six-time Olympic medalist (five gold, one silver)
• 14-time World Championships gold medalist, most ever by a female
• 14-time USA Swimming national champion
• Current world record holder in 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyles
• Finished collegiate career as American record holder in the 500-yard, 1000-yard, 1650-yard, 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyles
• Finished collegiate career with six Stanford school records: 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06), 1000 free (9:05.89), 1650 free (15:03.31), 400 free relay (3:07.61), 800 free relay (6:45.91)
• Finished collegiate career with three Stanford pool records in 500 free (4:33.94), 1000 free (9:10.49) and 400 free relay (3:15.05)
• As a collegian, broke American records 11 times, NCAA records 15 times and NCAA meet records six times
• Member of two NCAA championship teams (2017, 2018)
• Member of two Pac-12 championship teams (2017, 2018)
• Eight-time NCAA champion
• 200 free (1) - 2017
• 500 free (2) - 2017 (American record), 2018
• 1650 free (2) - 2017 (NCAA meet record), 2018 (NCAA meet record)
• 400 free relay (1) - 2017 (American record)
• 800 free relay (2) - 2017 (American record), 2018
• Nine-time All-America
• 200 free - 2017 (1st)
• 500 free - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• 1650 free - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• 400 individual medley - 2018 (2nd)
• 400 free relay - 2017 (1st)
• 800 free relay - 2017 (1st), 2018 (1st)
• Seven-time Pac-12 champion
• 400 IM - 2017 (American record), 2018 (American record)
• 200 free - 2018
• 500 free - 2017 (American record), 2018
• 400 free relay - 2017 (American record)
• 800 free relay - 2017 (American record)
• 2018 CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year
• 2018 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 2018 Al Masters Award winner, top honor given by Stanford Athletics
• 2018 Honda Sport Award nominee
• 2017 Honda Cup Award Winner
• Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America (2017, 2018)
• 2017 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
• 2017 Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
• Two-time Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet (2017, 2018)
2017-18 • Sophomore
• Member of NCAA championship team
• Member of Pac-12 championship team
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year
• CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• Three-time NCAA champion
• 500 free (4:26.57), 1650 free (15:07.57, NCAA meet record), 800 free relay (6:46.93)
• Also set NCAA record in the 1000 free with a split of 9:05.89 in the 1650 free
• Four-time All-America
• 500 free, 1,650 free, 800 free relay, 400 individual medley (2nd, 3:58.29)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion
• 400 IM (3:56.53, American/NCAA record), 500 free (4:26.09), 200 free (1:40.71)
• Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• Set American/NCAA records in 1,650 free (15:03.31) at Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 18)
• Honda Sport Award nominee
• Al Masters Award winner, top honor given by Stanford Athletics
• Won the 200 free, 500 free and 1,000 free at USA College Swimming Challenge (Oct. 20)
• Four-time College Swimming National Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 23, Feb. 14)
• Unbeaten in the 200 free (five races), 500 free (seven races), 1,000 free (five races) and 1,650 free (two races)
2016-17 • Freshman
• Member of NCAA championship team
• Member of Pac-12 championship team
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Honda Cup Award winner (only the second freshman to win the award)
• Pac-12 Swimming Newcomer of the Year
• Pac-12 Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• Five-time NCAA champion, most in the nation
• 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06, American/NCAA record), 1650 free (15:07.70), 400 free relay (3:07.61, American/NCAA record), 800 free relay (6:45.91, American/NCAA record)
• Also set NCAA record in the 1000 free with a split of 9:06.90 in the 1650 free
• Five-time All-America
• 200 free (1st), 500 free (1st), 1650 free (1st), 400 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st)
• Four-time Pac-12 champion
• 500 free (4:25.15, American/NCAA record), 400 IM (3:57.68, American record), 400 free relay (3:08.51, NCAA/American record), 800 free relay (6:49.42, NCAA/American record)
• Broke seven Stanford records in freshman season: 200 free (1:40.36), 500 free (4:24.06), 1000 free (9:06.90), 1650 free (15:03.92), 400 IM (3:57.68), 400 free relay (3:07.61), 800 free relay (6:45.91)
• Broke American records nine times, NCAA records 12 times and NCAA meet records four times as a freshman
• First Stanford swimmer since Misty Hyman (1998) to capture three individual event titles and two relay titles at a single NCAA Championships
• First NCAA swimmer in 29 years to capture individual event titles in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyles at a single NCAA Championships
• Won three titles at Phillips 66 USA National Championships (200m free, 400m free, 800m free)
• Won five gold medals and a silver at 2017 FINA World Championships
• Two-time Pac-12 Swimmer of the Month (November, February)
The Ledecky File
• Twenty-four International gold medals, including 14-time World Championship gold medalist (most ever by a female)
• Won five medals (four gold, one silver) at 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Won gold and set world record in the 800-meter freestyle (8:04.79)
• Won gold and set world record in the 400-meter freestyle (3:56.46)
• Won gold in the 200-meter freestyle (1:53.73)
• Won gold in the 800-meter freestyle relay (7:43.03)
• Won silver in the 400-meter freestyle relay (3:31.89)
• 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 800-meter freestyle (8:14.63) at age 15
• First woman ever to win four individual gold medals at a single Pan Pacific Championships (2014)
• First woman ever to win four individual gold medals at a single FINA Long Course World Championships (2015)
• First woman ever to win 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle events at a single FINA Long Course World Championships (2015)
• Four-time USA Swimming Athlete of the Year
• USA Swimming Performance of the Year for a record five consecutive years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Four-time Swimming World World and American Swimmer of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Two-time Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year (2014, 2015)
• Eleven-time USA Swimming Golden Goggles award winner
• Three-time Washington Post All-Met High School Swimmer of the Year
• Two-time FINA Top Female Swimmer at World Championships (2013, 2015)
• Two-time FINA Best Performance by a Female Swimmer Award (2015, 2016)
• 2016 Team USA Top Female Athlete of the Olympic Games
• 2016 Time 100 Most Influential People In The World list
• 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Overall Female Title winner
• 2014 Pan Pacific Championships Swimmer of the Meet
• 2014 L'Equipe Champion of Champions -- World Athlete of the Year
• 2013 US Olympic Committee Sportswoman of the Year
• 2013 FINA Athlete of the Year
• Inducted into Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (youngest woman ever inducted) and Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame
• 16-time NISCA High School All-American
• National high school record holder in 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle
• Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Co-captain of high school swim team
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• LA 2024 (Olympic bid) Athletes Advisory Commission member
• Hobbies include volunteering, scrabble, chess, piano
• Daughter of David and Mary Gen Ledecky