Katie Ledecky reminisces about her early swimming days months after achieving success at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Katie Ledecky reminisced about her early swimming days after getting hold of old notebooks while cleaning. She won two golds, a silver, and a bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Ledecky, standing with the most accolades for a female swimmer in history, debuted at the 2012 London Olympics and unexpectedly won the 800m freestyle gold. She continued her momentum at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning four golds, and two silvers and breaking two world record marks. Ledecky defended her 800m freestyle title for the second consecutive time, becoming the first US female swimmer to win an event in three straight Olympiads.

The double world record holder competed in her fourth Games edition in Paris, winning the 800m and 1500m freestyle events and finishing in bronze behind Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh in the 400m freestyle. She also anchored the US women's 4x200m freestyle team to the coveted silver.

On November 8, 2024, Ledecky posted an Instagram story, reminiscing about her early swimming days with some notebooks she got hold of while cleaning the house. The notebooks showed how she kept track of her swim times in 2010.

"Love finding (and then getting distracted by) old notebooks when cleaning," her story caption read.

Katie Ledecky gets nostalgia on discovering old notebooks (Instagram - @katieledecky)

On June 11, 2024, before the Paris Games, Ledecky released her memoir - Just Add Water - which details her swimming life, from her early pool days to the global stage. She also talked about the contribution of her family and coaches in building her successful career and living life with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

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Katie Ledecky on the 2028 LA Olympics - "I would love to compete in front of a home crowd"

Katie Ledecky after winning the 800m free gold at the Olympic Games Paris 2024

Having won four consecutive golds in the same event at the Olympics, Ledecky will vie for her fifth 800m freestyle win in Los Angeles, a feat that would equal her to wrestler Mijain Lopez of Cuba.

"I would love to be there. I have to take it year by year at this point and I can't fully say whether I'll be swimming in it or not, but I'll definitely be in LA. I would love to compete in front of a home crowd. So, as long as I'm loving swimming and enjoying the sport, I'm going to give the sport everything I have. And hopefully, I'll be in LA," she said regarding the possibility of being present at the LA Olympics (via Olympics.com, August 28, 2024).

In May 2024, Katie Ledecky received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden, becoming the first swimmer to achieve so in history.