Michael Phelps (22 medals).
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Sir Steven Redgrave has won the most gold medals by a British athlete, with 5 (coxed four 1984, 2000, coxed pair 1988, 1992, 1996) and has also won one bronze (coxed four 1988).
As of the 2008 Games, no athlete from Malta has ever won an Olympic medal.
Micheal Phelps the swimmer from the U.S.A. has won the most medals
Carl Lewis (He won 10 Olympic medal, 9 of them gold)
Taking all international athletes into consideration, the one with the most Olympic medals overall is a Russian-Ukranian, Larissa Latynina. A former Soviet gymnast, she won more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. She won 18 medals; nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze.