Teresa Edwards, USA
Currently Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic medals won at 22 medals.
Prior to 2010, Bonnie Blair had 6 Olympic gold medals. Apolo Ohno broke that record by winning 8 total medals.
Michael Phelps of USA (For swimming).
LARISSA LATYNINA has more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. She holds the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). She is the only female athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals. She also holds the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history.
A former Soviet gymnast holds the rocord, not an American. Her names is Larissa Latynina.
Teresa Edwards
Right now Apolo Ohno he got six total medals yesterday at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
Michael Phelps holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual athlete, with a total of 23 gold medals.
Michael Phelps currently holds the world record for winning the most swimming medals. He has won 14 gold medals from swimming during the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps holds the current record, winning 14 gold medals in the combined games of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds the record for the most gold medals (8) won at a single Olympics.
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing, China. He currently holds the record for the number of gold medals won at any one Olympic games. The prior record holder was Mark Spitz. Spitz won seven gold medals at the Munich, Germany Olympic Games in 1972.
Debatable- but Miachel Phelps holds the world record for most medals won at a olympic games so i guess him