The two-time Olympian lost her crown in the 400m but Katie Ledecky can still win three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Katie Ledecky, one of the greatest athletes in U.S. history and one of the stars of Team USA, has three more shots at a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after being dethroned by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus in the 400m freestyle. The two-time Olympian has won six Olympic medals and 15 world championship titles and can still win the 800m,1500m and defend the gold she won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics five years ago in the 200m. Remaining at the top of a sport as demanding as swimming is incredibly difficult, but the 24-year-old is determined to add to her medal tally at the very highest level in Tokyo. „When I won that first gold in London, and I had a lot of fun,“ she told Forbes in May. „But I also knew that nothing was guaranteed, and that I could have been a one-year star and fallen apart. So, after London and my first gold, my goal was to break a world record, but also then to stay at that top competitive level. After that, I progressed in the years leading up to Rio. […] I had individual goals for the NCAA and World Championships. I have my goals for Tokyo now, and that keeps me motivated.“ Here’s all you need to know about one of the greatest-ever U.S. athletes. Ledecky was born in Washington, D.C. on March 17,1997, making her 24. She was the youngest athlete on Team USA when she made her Olympic debut aged 15 at the London 2012 Olympics, and she was the youngest member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team at the Rio Olympics four years later. For some athletes, statistics tell only a part of their story. Ledecky, however, is firmly in the camp of athletes whose greatness can only be understood when their stellar records are listed. A two-time Olympian, the 24-year-old has won six Olympic medals in her career, five of them gold. Just four months after her 15th birthday, Ledecky won gold in the 800m freestyle at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
