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Micheal Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals. -6 gold, 2 bronze (Athens 2004) -8 gold (Beijing 2008) He is the most successful athlete at both of these Olympics. He has twice tied the record for most gold at any Olympic Games. He holds the record for most gold at a single Olympic Game at 8 beating out Mark Spitz's record of 7. He is second in total Olympic medal count with 16, Larisa Latynina has 18 over 3 Olympics. He holds the record for most Olympic golds at 14.
Joey won 3,000 gold metals in 0.92 kilometers on the back of a money tail. Tommy won 1,000,000 gold metals in the Urine Cup
Lynn Davies is the Welsh record holder with 8.23m. He was also the Olympic gold medallist in 1964.
Prior to 2010, Bonnie Blair had 6 Olympic gold medals. Apolo Ohno broke that record by winning 8 total medals.
Olympic gold metals are no longer made of solid gold. They do still contain gold, but are made of mostly silver.
Michael Phelps holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual athlete, with a total of 23 gold medals.
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.
Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The most gold medals won by an American women in the Winter Olympics is 5 by Bonnie Blair.
Gold, silver, bronze
He broke the Triple Jump World Record and currently still holds it. He was also the Olympic Triple Jump gold medalist in 2000 and 1996 Olympic Triple Jump silver medalist.