Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no Canadian athlete has won 10 or more Olympic medals. The most medals won by a Canadian athlete is 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) by speed skater Cindy Klassen.
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Through the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, 5 athletes have won 9 Olympic gold medals. All have competed in the Summer Olympics.
1) Gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union.
2) Track and Field's Carl Lewis of the United States.
3) Track and field's Paavo Nurmi of Finland.
4) Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States.
5*) Swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States.
* Michael Phelps has won 14 Gold medals. All others have exactly 9.