Sebastian Coe at the 1980 Games in Moscow and the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
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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).
Michael Phelps (22 medals).
As of October 2023, Peru has won a total of two Olympic medals. The first was a silver medal in the men's 20 km walk, earned by Edwin Vásquez in the 1948 London Olympics. The second was a bronze medal in the same event, achieved by the Peruvian athlete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021) by the athlete Kimberly García.
Ian Thorpe (born October 13, 1982 in Sydney) is a retired Australian swimmer who won five gold medals at the Olympics, a record for an Australian athlete, and was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Olympic Games, picking up three gold medals and two silver medals.
Yes. Her 18 Olympic medals is the most an athlete has won in the history of the modern Olympics.
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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.
Through the 2008 Games, no athlete from Mali has ever won an Olympic medal.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen has won the most Winter Olympic medal with 13 total medals. The American with the most Winter Olympic medals is Apolo Anton Ohno with 8 total medals.
Through the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, no Guatemalan athlete has won an Olympic medal.
Well, the athlete that won the most medals in Olympic history is Larissa Latynina of the USSR who won 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) in Olympic competition.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no British athlete has won 8 Olympic gold medals. The most Olympic gold medals a British athlete has won is 5 by rower Steve Redgrave. Redgrave also won 9 World Championship gold medals and 3 Commonwealth Games gold medals.
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The legendary Sir Peter Snell won two Olympic Gold Medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He won the 800m and 1500m double.
Decathlete Rafer Johnson won three medals in his appearances at the Olympics. This athlete won two gold medals and one silver medal.
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).