Entertainment Sports Every Single Medal Olympic Swimming Star Katie Ledecky Has Won to Date The Team USA standout is on her fourth Olympics — and just keeps winning By Kate Hogan Kate Hogan Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as well as the editor of Stories to Make You Smile. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2008. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 4, 2024 08:20AM EDT Comments Close Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty All she does is win, win, win! Team USA swimming star Katie Ledecky has won 14 Olympic medals to date, since scoring her first gold as a newbie at the 2012 Olympics in London. Since then, she's had impressive turns at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Games, and just completed another big summer at Paris 2024. As Ledecky, 27, glides into her new records — tying for most Olympic golds won by a female swimmer and becoming the most decorated U.S. female Olympian — catch up on all of her Olympic medals to date. 01 of 14 Gold: London 2012 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty At her very first Olympic outing at the 2012 Games in London, Katie Ledecky showed us she'd be one to watch, winning the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle. 02 of 14 Gold: Rio 2016 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Clive Rose/Getty She was back at it in 2016, winning a total of five medals at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here, she showcased her gold medal for the 400-meter freestyle. 03 of 14 Gold: Rio 2016 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Adam Pretty/Getty Another gold in Rio came after the 200-meter freestyle. 04 of 14 Gold: Rio 2016 Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Donald Miralle/Sports Illustrated via Getty And another one! Katie Ledecky and teammates Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado showed off their gold medals following the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Rio. 05 of 14 Gold: Rio 2016 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Ian MacNicol/Getty As she'd done in 2012, Katie Ledecky won gold for the 800-meter freestyle in 2016, too. 06 of 14 Silver: Rio 2016 Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil and Dana Vollmer win a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Clive Rose/Getty Katie Ledecky's lone silver medal in Rio came for the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, alongside teammates Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil and Dana Vollmer. 07 of 14 Silver: Tokyo 2020 Katie Ledecky wins a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Clive Rose/Getty Among the many medals Katie Ledecky won in Tokyo in 2020 was the silver for the 400-meter freestyle. 08 of 14 Silver: Tokyo 2020 Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Katie Ledecky win a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Tom Pennington/Getty With teammates Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden and Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky added to her 2020 medal count with a silver for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. 09 of 14 Gold: Tokyo 2020 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Al Bello/Getty Katie Ledecky helped make history at the 2020 Games, winning gold in the 1500-meter freestyle in the first year the event was ever offered for women. 10 of 14 Gold: Tokyo 2020 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Clive Rose/Getty She also won gold again in Tokyo for what's become her signature event, the 800-meter freestyle. 11 of 14 Bronze: Paris 2024 Katie Ledecky wins a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Eric W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated via Getty Arriving at the 2024 Paris Games, Katie Ledecky immediately made a splash, winning her first bronze in the 400-meter freestyle. Ledecky acknowledged to press after the event that she would have expected to swim faster, but said she "can't get mad at a medal." 12 of 14 Gold: Paris 2024 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Photo Agency/Getty Katie Ledecky next won gold in the 1500-meter freestyle in Paris, tying her for the most gold medals in Olympic history by a female swimmer with eight. Ledecky swam a 15:30.02 and set an Olympic record in the process, besting her gold medal-winning time of 15:35.35 from Tokyo. 13 of 14 Silver: Paris 2024 Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden, Katie Ledecky and Erin Gemmell win a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Christian Liewig/getty With her silver medal alongside her teammates Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden and Erin Gemmell in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Paris on Aug. 1, 2024, Katie Ledecky became the most decorated female American Olympian, with 13 medals. And the Games aren't over yet! 14 of 14 Gold: Paris 2024 Katie Ledecky wins a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Andy Cheung/Getty Just as she did in her previous Olympic showings, Katie Ledecky took home the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle on Aug. 3 in Paris. She is now tied with former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for most gold medals by any female Olympian.