Missy Franklin
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Melissa Franklin Johnson is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke from 2012 to 2019. As a member of the U.S.
Franklin in 2024
Franklin during warm up at the Aquatics Centre in 2012
Franklin at an NFL game between the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers on September 9, 2012
Franklin at the start of the 200-meter backstroke heats
Katie Ledecky
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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She is the most decorated female swimmer in history and the most decorated American woman in Olympic history, with a total of 14 Olympic
Missy Franklin
…Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Franklin's eleven gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships was a record in women's swimming before Katie Ledecky broke it in 2017. Franklin won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award in 2014. In December 2018, she announced her retirement from the sport…
Katie Ledecky at the 2023 Golden Goggle Awards
Ledecky (left) at the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona
Ledecky (middle) and fellow Olympic champion Simone Biles (left) sign steel plate of USS Enterprise (2017)
Ledecky speaks to students at Rickard Elementary School in Williston, North Dakota (2015).