OlympicTalk · Apr 25, 2016
Debbie Meyer in awe as Katie Ledecky chases her records
One of the feats Katie Ledecky is chasing this summer is sweeping the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyles at one Olympics — a triple done by one other swimmer in history.
That swimmer is Debbie Meyer, who at Mexico City 1968 became the first man or woman to win three individual gold medals in the pool at one Olympics.
Meyer said she met Ledecky for the first time at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Jacksonville, Fla., in September 2014.
Meyer didn’t know if Ledecky would recognize her, or even her name, since Ledecky was born 29 years after the Mexico City Olympics. So, Meyer had a USA Swimming official make the introductions.