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he needs 2 more to beat the 50 year old record.
Three times. He swam the 200 meter butterfly in the 2000 Games in Sydney and finished 5th at the age of 15. He won 6 gold medals and 2 bronze medals at the 2004 Games in Athens and won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
As far as the Olympic Games go, that would be Al Oerter of the United States. He won gold medals in four consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968). A serious car accident almost ended his career after the 1956 Games but he recovered and went on to win three more gold medals.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
Uruguay has won two gold medals in Olympic competition, both times in men's football. One was won at the 1924 Games in Paris and the other at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.Since then, Uruguay has won 8 medals (2 silver and 6 bronze).