Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
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As of the 2008 Games, that would be swimmer Ian Thorpe with 9 (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
Swimmer Dawn Fraser with 8 (4 gold, 4 silver) at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Games.
Swimmer Ian Thorpe, with a combined record of 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze for a total of 9 medals, is the leader in Olympic medal wins for Australians.Next on the list is Dawn Fraser, the highest ranking Australian woman on the list, who won 8 medals in her Olympic career.Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_medalists
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is swimmer Ian Thorpe with 5 gold medals.
The most successfull cross-country skier ever is Björn Dählie from Norway with in total 63 gold medals including 46 world cup wins, 9 world championships and 8 olympic golds. He has also taken 4 olympic silvers adding it up to 12 olympic medals.
what year did the US win the most summer Olympic medals?
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.
Currently Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic medals won at 22 medals.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Ian Thorpe with 5 gold medals. Murray Rose is next with 4.