{"id":220087,"date":"2016-09-02T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=220087"},"modified":"2016-09-02T14:48:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:48:35","slug":"katie-ledecky-ashleigh-johnson-finalists-for-wsfs-sportswoman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-ashleigh-johnson-finalists-for-wsfs-sportswoman-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky, Ashleigh Johnson Finalists For WSF’s Sportswoman Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>has been nominated as one of ten finalists for the 2016 Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year award.<\/p>\n

Ledecky made history this past month at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games when she became the second woman in history to win the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyle events at an Olympic Games. The young star added an additional gold and a silver medal as the anchor for both the 800 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n

While Ledecky is the most well-known athlete in our sport, the list includes a second swimmer–Gwenn Jorgensen.<\/strong> Jorgensen swam for the University of Wisconsin for her first two years as a Badger before switching her focus to track. After graduation, the swimmer-turned-runner shifted her focus once more to triathlons becoming a dominant figure in the sport and the first American to win the Olympic triathlon at an Olympic Games in Rio.<\/p>\n

Individual Sport Finalists:<\/strong><\/p>\n