Katie Ledecky is just 19 years old, but the four-time gold medalist in Rio is about to begin a post-Olympics life of inspiring kids even younger.
Young Katie Ledecky looked up to Michael Phelps. The next generation will look up to Ledecky
Ledecky is ready to inspire others.
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It was 10 years ago when Ledecky was pictured getting an autograph from Michael Phelps. In 10 years we’ll probably be taking a look to see the next new big-time Olympian in a picture with Ledecky.
“I had never dreamed of going to the Olympics,” said Ledecky. “I had no clue how to even qualify. I just continued to set goals. One day going to the Olympics was my goal.”
She’s done a little more than her goal of just going to the Olympics, taking gold in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle and 4 x 200m freestyle as well as a silver in the 4 x 100 freestyle.
“You just have to dream big and work hard and big things can happen.”
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