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Michael Phelps holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual athlete, with a total of 23 gold medals.
Kelly holmes
He needs to win eight gold medals. The previous record is seven gold medals set by Mark Spitz, also on team USA. Right now Phelps has a record of 11 olympic gold medals.
Currently Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic medals won at 22 medals.
Pele of Brazil.
No person won 14 medals. Micheal Phelps got the world record of 8 gold medals. These medals add to his other medals to get a total of 16 Olympic medals.
United States
Mark Spitz.
Mark Spitz. Not only did he set a record for the most gold medals in any olympiad, he also set a new world's record in each of the events he won.
I know that Dominique Dawes won 3 medals in the Olympics, 2 bronze medals and 1 gold medal. she set the record of having the most medals since 1963 male or female.
8 by Michael Phelps in 2008.
A world record means someone has had more victories than anyone else in the world.