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Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1st (1:53.73)	1st (3:56.46)	1st (8:04.79)	2nd (3:31.89)	1st (7:43.03)
2012	London, GBR	-	-	1st (8:14.63)	-	-

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free	1500Free	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (DNS)	2nd (3:59.97)	1st (8:13.58)	H (15:48.90)	-	2nd (7:41.87)
2017	Budapest, HUN	2nd (1:55.18)	1st (3:58.34)	1st (8:12.68)	1st (15:31.82)	1st (3:31.72)	1st (7:43.39)
2015	Kazan, RUS	1st (1:55.16)	1st (3:59.13)	1st (8:07.39)	1st (15:25.48)	-	1st (7:45.37)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	1st (3:59.82)	1st (8:13.86)	1st (15:36.53)	-	1st (7:45.14)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free	1500Free	4x200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	3rd (1:55.15)	1st (3:58.50)	1st (8:09.13)	1st (15:38.97)	2nd (7:44.37)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Ledecks, Ledeckster, Deckster (usaswimming.org, 30 Jul 2017)

Volunteering, scrabble, chess, playing the piano. (gostanford.com, 20 Nov 2017)

Athlete

Psychology - Stanford University, United States of America

English

Nation's Capital Swim Club [Bethesda, MD, USA]

Greg Meehan [national, personal], USA

Her mother Mary Gen competed in swimming for the University of New Mexico in the United States of America. (usaswimming.org, 01 Jul 2012)

2012 for United States of America, Olympic Games in London, Great Britain (swimswam.com, 08 Dec 2013)

A stomach virus meant she did not race in the 200m freestyle at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 09 Apr 2021)

She broke her arm while she was in the fourth grade at school. (archivepyc.nbcolympics.com, 29 Mar 2016)

She began swimming at age six with the Palisades Porpoises club in Bethesda, MA, United States of America. (bethesdamagazine.com, 24 Feb 2016)

She followed her brother into the sport. (usaswimming.org, 01 Jul 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 14 Nov 2017)

She swims 10,000 metres a day. (olympicchannel.com, 20 Jul 2019)

Her brother and her parents. (archivepyc.nbcolympics.com, 29 Mar 2016)

"I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they're impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams." (olympicchannel.com, 20 Jul 2019)

She was named Female Athlete of the Year six times in a row between 2013 and 2018 at USA Swimming's Golden Goggle Awards. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 20 Nov 2018)

She was named the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Female Swimmer of the Year. (swimswam.com, 16 Jan 2018)

She was named the 2017 Female Olympic Athlete of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee [USOC]. She became the first woman to win the honour three times after also picking up the award in 2013 and 2016. (swimswam.com, 30 Nov 2017)

She was named the 2017 Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation. (swimswam.com, 19 Oct 2017)

In 2016 she was named the USOC Female Athlete of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the International Swimming Federation [FINA] Female Top Olympic Performer. (usaswimming.org, 30 Jul 2017; swimswam.com, 28 Sep 2016)

She was named L'Equipe magazine's Champion of Champions in 2014. She was the first swimmer to receive the award since its inception in 1980. (swimswam.com, 19 Dec 2014)

She was named the 2013 Female Swimmer of the Year by FINA. (insidethegames.biz, 06 Jan 2014)