Professional swimmer Katie Ledecky has been named the Hickok Belt® Award winner for August 2024.
Voting was conducted by a select panel of members of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). The voters selected Ledecky for her record-setting performance at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The 27-year-old captured four successive Olympics gold medals in 800m and 1500m events. In the 2024 Olympics, she again broke her 1500m record. Her lifetime feats in four events combined for a career total 24 titles at the Olympic Games (8) and World Aquatics Championships (16). She became the most decorated American female Olympian in world history. In her lifetime she has earned a total of 14 medals, more than any female professional swimmer. Katie Ledecky has earned the admiration of fans worldwide and is unquestionably the female GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in her sport.
Other finalists for the month of August in order of how the NSMA ranked them were: Gabby Thomas (track & field), Aaron Judge (baseball), Lydia Ko (golf), Raisel Iglesias (baseball), Terrence Crawford (boxing), Keegan Bradley (golf), Lando Norris (auto racing), Aryna Sabalenka (tennis), and Fierceness (John Velazquez aboard) (horse racing).
Ledecky’s selection as the Hickok Belt® winner for August recognizes her as “the best of the best” in professional sports for the month. It also makes her the seventh candidate eligible to receive the 2024 overall award, joining Simone Biles, Luka Doncic, Scottie Scheffler, Mikaela Shiffrin, Patrick Mahomes, Jannik Sinner, and other finalists throughout the year based on NSMA voting.
To learn more about the Hickok Belt® Award and its history, visit http://www.hickokbelt.com.
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