#5 Katie Ledecky
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Ledecky holds a world record in the women’s 400m, 800m and 1500m (long course) freestyle events.The undisputed aquatic queen turned 19 this year and she has a bagful of 19 Olympic gold medals! She even holds the fastest times in 500, 800, 1000, and 1,650-yard freestyle events.
Ledecky shared her thoughts in one of her interviews, “What I’ve done over the past couple of years has been pretty great, but even that doesn’t define my swimming. Working hard and doing everything I can to be successful should be my identity.” She was the youngest on Time magazine’s Time 100 list this year, she has also won Swimming World’s World Swimmer of the Year, the FINA Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
She stunned the world after she defended her 200m, 400m, 800m and 4x200m (relay) freestyle golds with a better timing at Rio.It is believed that she will be ahead of Michael Phelps in the race to be the greatest of all times.
#6 Dipa Karmakar
The path breaker from India, who is the first gymnast to represent the nation at the Olympics, has made us all proud by her alluring performance at Rio. This Agartala girl brought the whole nation together on this year’s Independence Day, as everyone watched her risk the death vault. Although she missed a medal by a small fraction, she managed to win our hearts and has inspired the whole nation.
She started her journey at the age of six, by practicing on tattered mats, with equipments made from duct tape and discarded scooter parts. Being a small town girl she has achieved what no one could achieve till now in the world of gymnastics from India, which in itself is a strong message to every small town girl with extraordinary talents like hers!
Deepa was ranked an impressive fourth in the final of the women’s vaults at Rio. Recently she was felicitated with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the President of India.
