Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the Canadian athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is speed skater Cindy Klassen who won 6 Winter Olympic medals. Gold - 1) 2006 - 1500 meters Silver - 1) 2006 - 1000 meters, Team pursuit Bronze - 1) 2002 - 3000 meters
2) 2006 - 3000 meters, 5000 meters
The Canadian athlete with the most Summer Olympic medals is Phil Edwards who won 5 medals in athletics, all bronze: 1) 1928 - 4x400 meter relay
2) 1932 - 4x400 meter relay, 800 meter run, 1500 meter run
3) 1936 - 800 meter run
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Through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Summer Olympic sport that Canada has won the most medals and most gold medals in is athletics (Track and Field). Canada has won 52 medals in athletics (13 gold, 14 silver, 25 bronze). Canada has won the second most Summer medals in swimming (40 total, 7 gold, 13 silver, 20 bronze) and the second most gold medals in rowing (9 gold medals).
Through the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Winter Olympic sport that Canada has won the most medals in is speed skating (28 total, 6 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze) and the sport they have won the most gold medals in is Ice Hockey (9 gold medals). Canada has won the second most Winter medals in short track speed skating (20 total, 5 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze) and figure skating (20 total, 3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze) and the second most gold medals in speed skating (6 gold medals).
Philip Edwards is Canada's most decorated Olympian in the summer games. He won 5 bronze medals in 3 Olympics.
38 Gold Medals
The United States won the most gold medals in the 2012 Summer Olympic games in the United Kingdom.
As of August 18, Canada has won 251 Summer Olympic Medals (57 gold, 88 silver, 106 bronze) and 119 Winter Olympic medals (38 gold, 38 silver, 43 bronze).
Gaétan Boucher, a Canadian legend, in my opinion :) He won 2 of his gold medals in a single olympics game (1984 I am 95% sure)
The last summer Olympics were in Beijing, China. Mexico won 3 medals at that Olympic; two golds and one bronze.