Shane Gould won 3 gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics in swimming.
Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould were swimmers from Australia. Fraser won 8 medals (4 gold, 4 silver) in Olympic competition and Gould won 5 (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
1972 ... she won gold in the 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, and 200 meter individual medley events, setting world records in each one.
The gold medalist in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Christian Taylor.
302 event winners were awarded a Gold Medal.
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The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.
The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.
Abhinav Bindra from India won the gold for the 10 Meter air Rifle event at the 2008 Olympics.
Actually it was the 1948 summer Olympics in London where his father won gold in the coxed pair!
Kieran Perkins won gold at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics for Australia in the 1500m freestyle swimming event.
Kenya won the gold medal in the Men's Marathon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.