Through the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, no ladies speed skater from Canada has won 5 gold medals.
Lady speed skaters that have won Olympic gold medals for Canada are Catriona Le May Doan who won gold in 500 meters at the 1998 Games in Nagano and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Clara Hughes who won gold in 5000 meters at the 2006 Games in Nagano, and Cindy Klassen who won gold in 1500 meters at the 2006 Games in Turin.
Cindy Klassen has won the most total medals of any Canadian athlete to participate in the Winter Olympics with 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze).
Figure skater Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won 1 Olympic medal, a gold in ladies singles at the 2006 Games in Turin.
Short track speed skater Apollo Ono with 8 medals
Gaétan Boucher, a Canadian legend, in my opinion :) He won 2 of his gold medals in a single olympics game (1984 I am 95% sure)
The most gold medals won by an American women in the Winter Olympics is 5 by Bonnie Blair.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the Canadian athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is speed skater Cindy Klassen who won 6 Winter Olympic medals. Gold - 1) 2006 - 1500 meters Silver - 1) 2006 - 1000 meters, Team pursuit Bronze - 1) 2002 - 3000 meters 2) 2006 - 3000 meters, 5000 meters The Canadian athlete with the most Summer Olympic medals is Phil Edwards who won 5 medals in athletics, all bronze: 1) 1928 - 4x400 meter relay 2) 1932 - 4x400 meter relay, 800 meter run, 1500 meter run 3) 1936 - 800 meter run
Figure skater Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won 1 Olympic medal, a gold in ladies singles at the 2006 Games in Turin.
Philippe Candeloro?
Canadian figure skater Jennifer Robinson did not win an Olympic medal. She competed in one Olympics, the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and finished 7th in ladies singles.
Speed skater Cindy Klassen. Cindy won her 6th Olympic medal, a bronze in 5000 meters, at the 2006 Games in Torino. Speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes has also won 6 Olympic medals. Her 6th, also a bronze in 5000 meters, came at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.
Speed skater Cindy Klassen and speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes, the most decorated Canadian Olympic athletes with 6 medals each, were both born in Winnipeg.
She is an olympic short track speed skater from Canada.
Short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno has won 2 Olympic gold medals. 1) 1500 meters at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. 2) 500 meters at the 2006 Games in Turin. He has also won 2 silver medals and 3 bronze medals for a total of 7 Olympic medals won.
1, a silver in ladies singles at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.
Evgeni Plushenko is the only male singles skater in the modern era to have won four Olympic medals, winning one in each of four consecutive Winter Games. He won silver in the 2002 Winter Olympics, gold in 2006, silver in 2010, and gold in the inaugural team competition in 2014.
Short track speed skater Apollo Ono with 8 medals
Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na won a gold medal. A Korean speed skater won a gold medal. These were some of the gold medalists for women!!!
Figure skater Debi Thomas who won a bronze medal in ladies singles.