Katie Ledecky Wins Women’s Athlete Of The Year At Golden Goggles

2025 Golden Goggle Awards

• September 27, 2025
• Denver, Colorado
• SwimSwam Official Ballot
• Online Auction (Closes at 10 PM MST, Sept 27)

Katie Ledecky has won Women’s Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Golden Goggle awards. Other nominees included Katharine Berkoff, Kate Douglass, and Gretchen Walsh. The 2024 award winner was Torri Huske.

Ledecky swam to two individual gold medals at the 2025 World Championships, winning the 800 free and 1500 free (15:26.44). Her time of a 8:05.62 in the 800 free marked a Championship Record and marked her 7th World title in the event. The 800 free was one of the biggest showdowns of the meet as Australia’s Lani Pallister won silver in a 8:05.98 and Canada’s Summer McIntosh won bronze in a 8:07.29.

Ledecky also won individual bronze in the 400 free with a 3:58.49 and helped the US women’s 4×200 free relay to silver as she anchored in a 1:53.71. The US women’s relay final time of a 7:40.01 marked a new American record.

Earlier in the year, Ledecky broke her own 800 free World Record posting a 8:04.12 at the Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale. At the same meet, she posted the #2 1500 free performance of all-time.

Ledecky did not swim at the 2024 SCM World Championships, which took place last December. Those Worlds were after the last Golden Goggles that took place in November 2024.