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Katie Ledecky Net Worth: How Rich is the Swimmer Actually in 2022?

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August 1, 2021

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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. Even though she is still young, Katie has been successful in winning five Olympic gold medals along with fifteen world championship gold medals which is the most ever for a female swimmer in history. Katie has also been recognized as Swimming World’s Female World Swimmer of the Year a total of five times. As of 2022, Katie Ledecky net worth is estimated to be around $5 million.

Full Name	Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky
Birth Date	March 17, 1997
Birth Place	Washington, United States
Profession	Competitive Swimmer
Relationship Status	Single
Net Worth	$5 million

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Early Life

Katie began swimming when she was only six years of age with both her brother and her mother having a history of being swimmers. She graduated from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in 2015 where she was already competing as a swimmer. By the time she graduated, Katie held most of the records for her school for swimming that was present.

Katie then got an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University where she was part of the Stanford Cardinal women’s swimming team. She graduated from Stanford with a bachelor of arts in psychology in June 2021.

Katie Ledecky Net Worth and Career

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At the age of 15, Katie made her international debut during the 2012 London Olympic Games where she surprised a lot of spectators by winning the gold medal in the women’s 800-meter freestyle. Then in the next Olympics which was held in Rio de Janeiro, she came to the attention of the world after winning four gold medals along with a silver medal. Even at such a young age, Katie has already won a total of 34 medals among which 28 are gold in different international competitions.

Furthermore, year after year, Katie has been establishing new records and has already broken 14 world records. Because of this, she has established her name among the elite in women’s swimming all around the world.

Furthermore, her achievements have been recognized through different awards such as winning the Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation in 2017 as well as being named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year that same year. With many more chapters still to be written in Katie’s career, we can expect that she will be winning even more gold medals and breaking records in the coming days.

Personal Life

Katie is currently single. One reason for this could be the hectic schedule she is living with that has constant travel. Because of this, it has been over a year that she hasn’t even been able to meet her family and friends.