7 (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
That is Eric Heiden of the United States who won 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
1, a bronze in ladies singles figure skating at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
Athlete: Eric Heiden of the United States with 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Country: Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
In Olympic history, that is Gillis Grafström of Sweden who won 4 Olympic figure skating medals. He won gold in men's singles at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix, and 1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz. He won silver in men's singles at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
China won 11 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. They won 5 medals in short track speed skating and 2 medals each in figure skating, freestyle skiing, and speed skating.
Fifteen Medals. One to Saprao and 14 to Nagara. in 1998
As far as total medals go, England has won their most Summer Olympic medals in athletics and their most Winter Olympic medals in figure skating.
Bonnie Blair was the only American athlete to win two medals at the 1988 Winter Games, a gold in women's 500 meter speed skating and a bronze in women's 1,000 meter speed skating.
Clara Hughes. Hughes won 2 bronze medals in cycling in the Summer Games and 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze in speed skating in the Winter Games.
For the Summer Games, Japan has won the most medals in gymnastics, judo, swimming, and wrestling. For the Winter Games, Japan has won the most medals in speed skating and ski jumping.
Yes, and there has been one Canadian athlete that has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Clara Hughes won medals in speed skating at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics and medals in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Another is Hayley Wickenheiser who has played on the women's hockey team in the Winter Olympics and the softball team in the Summer Olympics.
1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz. The Netherlands were represented by 7 athletes that participated in speed skating and bobsleigh. They won no medals.