Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is swimmer Ian Thorpe with 5 gold medals.
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Cathy Freeman has never been stripped of a medal.
Historically, it has taken anywhere from 2-6 years to do.
Many athletes were murdered by terrorists in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich, West Germany. Once in a while an athlete gets killed while competing in the games, such as the person who died in an accident in 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Such deaths are few and far between, but, they have taken place.
The summer Olympics are more popular than the Winter ones only because more countries participate, especially the ones that do not have winter like the ones in Africa