Katie Ledecky
@katieledecky
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4x U.S. Olympic Swimmer - 9x Gold-Medalist. 21x World Champion. 16x World Record Breaker. Stanford grad. #TeamTYR. Author of NYT Bestseller Just Add Water.
Joined August 2012
C is for Cookie… that’s good enough for me 🥇.
Can confirm, a ninth gold medal tastes as good as the first. Congratulations Ms. @KatieLedecky! #ParisOlympics
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Thank you, Tokyo, and thank you all for the tremendous support this week and over the years! I could hear you all! 🥳. Bringing 2 Golds, 2 Silvers, and countless memories back to the USA❤️🇺🇸
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800 🥇🥇🥇🥇 12 years to the day, got the job done for the 4-peat. 🇺🇸
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1500🥇Thanks to everyone who has played a part in this one ❤️🇺🇸 and thanks to all for the support and cheers #Paris2024
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😂 What a way to finish things off @USASwimming Proud of all my friends and teammates! 🥹🇺🇸.
Deranged Katie Ledecky cheering Bobby Finke’s 1500 win, wielding a cowbell like a weapon, is giving me life
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Possibly one of the best swims of my career! (~open for debate~) .What can you do without spilling a drop?! Check out the #gotmilkchallenge on TikTok. #gotmilk #ad
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AHHH!!! My roomie @simone_manuel just won a gold medal! I'm shaking. So proud of you. #CHAMP.
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Celebrating @Olympics Closing Ceremony from home! 🇺🇸 Thank you, Tokyo! You were an incredible host.
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Honored to lead @TeamUSA at the Closing Ceremony with Nick! Proud of my teammates here in Paris, and excited to celebrate with all of them on Sunday 🇺🇸.
CLOSING U.S. OUT 🇺🇸. 14x Olympic medalist @katieledecky and Olympic gold medalist Nick Mead will lead Team USA as flag bearers at the Closing Ceremony!. #ParisOlympics
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🥇🥈for @TeamUSA in the first-ever @Olympics Women’s 1500m free! 🙌🏼. Thanks everyone for the support over the past few (busy) days! A few more ahead! 💪🏼 Enjoying the racing with @USASwimming and proud of my teammates, let’s keep it going! 🇺🇸
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Here’s my individual race schedule and how to tune-in! Thanks to all of you for the support and cheers! 👏🏼 Let’s go @teamusa 🇺🇸 and @usaswimming! 🏊🏻♀️ #Paris2024
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🥉in the 400! Always an honor to race the best in the world and earn a medal for @teamusa 🇺🇸 Let’s keep going 💥@USASwimming
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Three-hour shows. @taylorswift13 is definitely a distance swimmer.
Taylor Swift Surprises Concertgoers by Diving From Stage During Eras Tour: 'Queen of Swimming'
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Grabbing my popcorn for tonight's episodes of #TheLastDance. I can tell you one thing about Michael Jordan: he's a tough peek-a-boo player but he didn't stand a chance against my popcorn.
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A special silver🥈with the relay squad! ❤️🇺🇸🤩 Proud of this team!
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Ready to cheer on my @TeamUSA teammates at the @Paralympics starting this Wednesday! I’ll be tuning in and cheering my head off 📣 Can’t wait to watch some more incredible performances! 🇺🇸❤️
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Hey 👋🏼 @jimmyfallon, I enjoyed being a guest on the show tonight! Thanks @FallonTonight!
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Taking in the Closing Ceremonies from home! Thank you Rio for giving us a very special Games!
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Thank you everyone for the support! What a week! Excited to cheer on @usaswimming tomorrow! Happy to bring some medals and memories home!.
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Planning and preparation… 5 years of work preparing for this fun challenge. Thanks @Stanford_W_Swim 🙌🏼✅🇺🇸
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1500🥇Pretty pumped about that one if you can’t tell 😂 Thank you all for the support & Go USA 🇺🇸
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Thanks to all for the support 🇺🇸❤️ Enjoying the journey all these years 🏊🏻♀️
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Thank you Mr. President @POTUS for this honor, and thank you to everyone at the @WhiteHouse for an incredibly special day!
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My individual event racing schedule this week! Tune in and let’s go USA! 🇺🇸 ..#TokyoOlympics
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Trials ✅ Back to work to get ready for Paris! 🇫🇷 Thank you Indy, @usaswimming, and all of the volunteers and fans who made it an incredible week. Thank you to my family, friends, coaches, sponsors, & teammates for the support this week. Excited for what’s ahead with @teamusa!🇺🇸
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Spent some time this afternoon at @childrenshealth with some sweet kids sharing a medal & stories #smilesallaround
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Would’ve been faster with the ‘stache, @markspitzusa, but I still give this 7 out of 7 gold medals 🙌🏼.
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I'm going to OMAHA!.
How fitting that the FIRST qualifier for #SwimTrials20 is none other than 5x Olympic 🥇 medalist, @katieledecky in the 800m free (8:14.40)! 👏. #SwimWinterNats | @stanfordwswim
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One year from today, the women’s 1500m free will be swum at Olympic Trials for the first time EVER!!! Who else is excited?! #finally #SwimTrials20 @USASwimming
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I’d like to thank my teammates, my coach Greg Meehan, Dr. Jim Lynch, and all the USA Swimming coaches and support staff who gave me a chance to race. Thank you to my family, friends, and fans for all your love and positivity.
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Glad the cap is getting some good use @Bharper3407! Congrats Nats!
Just keep swimming . Just keep swimming . Just keep swimming .
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Some campers just asked if I was a Stanford student for a picture for a scavenger hunt. I asked if being an Olympian gets them bonus points. Welcome to Stanford.
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NYC, you’ve been incredible. 🤩. Thanks @NYSE for the honor of ringing the Closing Bell today, and thank you @EmpireStateBldg for having me light up the building last night (and for the incredible views)! 😍
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. @Bharper3407, if you end up suspended, come on down to Palo Alto and hang out at the pool for a day!.
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The performances & pride Kobe exhibited as a member of @TeamUSA will never be forgotten. He supported & cheered on his fellow athletes. His power, tenacity, competitive spirit, leadership, & smile will live on forever. RIP Kobe, Gianna, & all who perished in today's tragedy.
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Safety first! 💁🏼♀️🚴♀️☺️.
When you take a photo of campus and the nondescript bicyclist in the foreground turns out to be a 5x Olympic gold medalist. (👏 for the helmet.) @katieledecky
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Thanks @TheEllenShow for a great time! Check out the show today for an interview and this.
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Congrats @missyfranklin on a stellar swimming career. Loved being on relays with you and racing you (your post-race hugs👌🏼). Most of all lucky to call you a teammate & friend. Thanks for inspiring so many swimmers with your fast swimming, determination, hard work, & positivity
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Just ten days shy of her 95th birthday, my supermodel grandma received her first dose of the covid vaccine. Thank you to everyone on the front lines fighting covid every day. 🙏🏼❤️
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Time flies when you're having fun 🇺🇸.
Laps ahead of her time. 🏊♀️💨. #OnThisDay, a 15-year-old @katieledecky, the youngest member of the U.S. #London2012 Olympic team, beat the defending Olympic champion to win her first 🥇 medal in what would become typical Katie Ledecky fashion. 🇺🇸
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800 free last night 👌🏼 Punched my ticket to a 6th World Champs ✅🇺🇸.200 free final tonight at 7pm ET 💪🏼😁
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Ester, I think we're related, we need to do a DNA test? #CousinsInGold 🇨🇿
That's what Ledecka's do!!! @DanHicksNBC #PyeongChang2018.
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Thank you @AP for the honor and thanks to my coaches, teammates, family, and friends for helping make 2022 a great year in and out of the pool 🏊🏻♀️ Putting in the work now to try to make 2023 better than 2022 🥳.
Katie Ledecky earns AP's Female Athlete of the Year. This is the Olympian's second time winning the accolade. She was chosen by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the country.
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Thank you Omaha and @USASwimming for a great #SwimTrials21! Thanks to my family, teammates, coaches, and many more for the support and cheers. I’m excited to be heading to my third Olympic Games with @TeamUSA!
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No matter the month, it’s always fun to drop that World Record splash! Looking forward to more fast racing this week in Indy @USASwimming @stanfordwswim
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800 free, 🖐🏼World Championships in a row in my favorite event🥇Thanks to all for the support and thank you to my coaches and teammates for helping me get to this point. ❤️ More to come 😏
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Smile and enjoy the journey 😁. Great job so far to all the @TeamUSA athletes at the #TokyoParalympics! Cheering you on! 👍🏼
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Excited to represent #TeamUSA with @RalphLauren at the upcoming Paris 2024 Games wearing the #PoloRalphLauren Opening and Closing Ceremony Uniforms. #RLxTeamUSA Learn more via the link here:
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This picture captures the joy I have had this past week in representing the USA, as well as the…
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Fun first few days here in Indy 🥰❤️🇺🇸Distance events 🔜
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2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the USA! Excited for millions of Americans & people around the world to be inspired by @LA2028!.
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Only able to get one “Yes” in at the end of the interview, but go @NYIslanders #YesYesYes ☝️☝️☝️.
*wins 1st place in the Women's 400m freestyle*. *immediately finds a television to watch the @NYIslanders*
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Last race of the decade 🤯✅.
.@katieledecky DOMINATES the 1500M Freestyle, setting the FASTEST time in the WORLD this year! 🏁 #ToyotaUSOpen
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Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden and VP-elect @KamalaHarris. Let's move forward as one Team USA and accomplish wonderful things together, respect one another, and be healthy!
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Thanks Indy for some more memories and thanks to my team, family, and friends for the support 🏊🏻♀️. Back to Indy next year for Olympic Trials in a 🏈 stadium 🤩 but first, time to rep 🇺🇸 at World Champs in a few weeks. Let’s go.
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I wrote a book! Glad I saved all my journals over the years. Just Add Water shares my story of swimming. I've really enjoyed this journey, and I hope you will too! Pre-order wherever books are sold at the link in my bio. #justaddwater #memoir #simonbooks
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As we stand together to meet today’s challenges, we can dream about a wonderful Olympics in a beautiful country. Now is the time to support all those working to heal the sick and keep us all healthy.
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Just saw a guy skateboarding to class while doing bicep curls with a dumbbell. Stanford students know how to manage their time.
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Day 1 ✅ 400 free in the books, happy with my swim! Always an honor to pick up a medal for @USASwimming 🇺🇸🥈especially in such a fast 400 final. We’re just getting started, excited to get going on some distance with the 1500 up next here 😎
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