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Shannon Miller with 7 Olympic medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) in the 1992 and 1996 Games.
Gymnast Aleksey Nemov of Russia with 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).
2 records. She was the first gymnast to ever score a perfect 10 and the youngest Olympian to receive a Olympic gold medal.
Svetlana Khorkina is the tallest gymnast to go to Olympic level. She was 5 ft 5 1/2 inches.
Shannon Miller. Shannon won 7 Olympic medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) and 9 World Championship medals (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
That is swimmer Michael Phelps who has won 16 Olympic medals (14 gold, 2 bronze). With regard to U.S. athletes, indeed, Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals. However, taking all international athletes into consideration, the one with the most Olympic medals overall is a Russian-Ukranian, Larissa Latynina. A former Soviet gymnast, she won more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. She won 18 medals; nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze.
Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games, Beth Tweddle has not won an Olympic medal. She has won three medals at the World Championships (1 gold, 2 bronze) and five medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
She competed in 3 olympics and was part of three Olympic medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). Dawes is the first female gymnast to be a part of three Olympic medal winning teams since Lyudmila Turischeva.
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The 1978 Stasbourg France World-Championships crowned three female gymnast as the top three all-around champions. 1. Elena Mukhina 2. Nellie Kim 3. Natalia Shaposhnikova The top three female teams the the USSR, followed by Romania and East Germany. The United States placed first in uneven bars, (Marcia Frederick) and tied for third on floor exercise (Kathy Johnson)
Mary Lou Retton was one Before Mary Lou Marcia Frederick and Tracee Talavera earned '10's' on bars in 1979, First American woman to earn a "10" in the Olympics was Mary Lou's teammate Julianne McNamara won 2, on bars and then floor, before Mary Lou earned her's on vault.
Athlete: Gymnast Aleksey Nemov of Russia with 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).Country: United States with 91 (36 gold, 24 silver, 31 bronze).