18 medals.
9 gold medals.
Larissa Latynina (18)
Larissa Latynina
Larissa Latynina
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Larissa Latynina
Larissa Latynina has won the most medals won in a career with 18 medals; nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze. She is a is a Russian-Ukrainian and former soviet gymnast.
Larisa Latynina
Larissa Latynina (USSR) has won the most number of medals in the Olympic Games with an incredible tally of 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze).Micheal Phelps (USA) has won the most medals by a male athlete with 16 (14 gold and 2 silver) and he has won the most Olympic Gold Medals with 14.
In the recent 2008 Beijing games Michael Phelps won the most medals with 8 golds. In past games the most medals won by an individual is 18 medals won by Larisa Latynina a Ukrainian Gymnast in 1964.
Larissa Latynina 18 medals overall. Michael Phelps 14 gold medals, 16 medals overall.
The most Olympic Medals record is held by Larissa Semyonovna Latynina, A Soviet Gymnast who won 18 total Medals(9g, 5s, 4b) in the 1950s.