Gymastics: Gabby Douglas
Swimming: Micheal Phelps
There are hundreds of Olympic gold medal winners alive as of 2013.
USA
No
The winners.
Yes.
No, the IOC does not pay medal winners.
The first winners got olive wreaths or a crown
Japan
Micheal Phelps
by meadals i guess
In the United States, money paid to Olympic medal winners is taxable. Other countries' laws may vary.
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