Michael Phelps, swimmer, won the most gold medals in Olympic history.
Canada won the most gold medals with 14. It is also the most gold medals won in Winter Olympic history.
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China with 51 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.
Michael Phelps has won 14 gold medals.
Norway is the country that has won the most number of Winter Olympic gold medals. Norway has a cumulative total of 118 gold medals.
Michael Phelps has the most Olympic Gold medals as of January 2015. He has 22 medals total, 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. 11 of his gold medals are from individual events.
Michael Phelps of the US has the most olympic gold medals (14 total in 2004 and 2008) and the most medals by a male athlete (16 including his 2 bronze medals).
Well, the athlete that won the most medals in Olympic history is Larissa Latynina of the USSR who won 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) in Olympic competition.
Most decorated swimming, most Olympic gold medals all time, and most Olympic Gold medals in a single game.
Nadia Comaneci. She won 5 gold medals and scored a PERFECT 10 in the uneven bars.