Katie Ledecky won three individual gold medals in the 2016 Olympics for swimming. Which famous swimmer did the same when she was 16-years-old?
Debbie Meyer Deborah Elizabeth Meyer (born August 14, 1952), also known by her married name Deborah Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. Meyer won the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While she was still a 16-year-old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, she became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympics, winning the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle swimming races. Katie Ledecky is the only other female swimmer to have done the same, in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Bronte Campbell Bronte Campbell {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 14 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold-winner, world champion, and world record-holder. Her older sister, Cate, is also a competitive swimmer, who holds the current world record in both the short and long course 100 metre individual freestyle events. Bronte and Cate were the first Australian siblings on the same Olympic swimming team since the 1972 Olympics and the first Australian sisters ever to compete in the same swimming event at the Olympics. Bronte Campbell won three gold medals at the 2015 World Championships, including the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events.