5 - 4 gold and 1 silver.
Canoeist Ian Ferguson had won 4 Olympic gold medals.
4 or 5
Ian Thorpe has won five olympic gold medals (as of the 2008 olympics). He has a total of eleven world championship gold medals.
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe is an Australian swimmer who has won five Olympic gold medals. As of now Ian Thorpe does not hold any world or Olympic records.
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Ian Thorpe
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Ian Thorpe.
Ian Ferguson
Canoeist Ian Ferguson of New Zealand won 3 gold medals at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles (men's 500 meter kayak singles, 500 meter kayak doubles, and 1000 kayak fours) and 1 gold medal at the 1988 Games in Seoul (500 meter kayak doubles).
As of the 2008 Games, kayaker Ian Ferguson has won the most gold medals with four. Mid distance runner Peter Snell and kayaker Paul MacDonald won three each.