Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the most medals won by a Swedish athlete is 9 by cross country skier Sixten Jernberg (4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze) and shooter Alfred Swahn (3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze).
Michael Phelps
Prior to 2010, Bonnie Blair had 6 Olympic gold medals. Apolo Ohno broke that record by winning 8 total medals.
The most Olympic Medals record is held by Larissa Semyonovna Latynina, A Soviet Gymnast who won 18 total Medals(9g, 5s, 4b) in the 1950s.
Rugby was an Olympic sport from 1900 until 1924. The United States won gold in 1920 and 1924 which is the record for gold rugby medals. France won gold in 1900, silver in 1920 and 1924 which is the record for most rugby medals.
he needs 2 more to beat the 50 year old record.
Currently Michael Phelps holds the world record for the most Olympic medals won at 22 medals.
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Prior to 2010, Bonnie Blair had 6 Olympic gold medals. Apolo Ohno broke that record by winning 8 total medals.
Michael Phelps, was trying to break the record of winning the most gold medals in Olympic (the record was seven) and he broke it by winning eight gold medals in one Olympic.
The record for the most Olympic medals is held by Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina. Competing in three Olympics, between 1956 and 1964, she won 18 medals.
Teresa Edwards, USA
The record for most Athletics Olympic medals won was 19 medals by Michael Phelps in swimming at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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.
Skateboarding isn't in the Olympics
Mark Spitz