Ian Thorpe
USA more medals than any other country
Bjørn Dæhlie, Norway, has taken 6 Olympic Gold medals in individual competitions and 2 more as part of the Norwegian relay team. Tron Hummelvoll Oslo
The most successfull cross-country skier ever is Björn Dählie from Norway with in total 63 gold medals including 46 world cup wins, 9 world championships and 8 olympic golds. He has also taken 4 olympic silvers adding it up to 12 olympic medals.
The most successfull cross-country skier ever is Björn Dählie from Norway with in total 63 gold medals including 46 world cup wins, 9 world championships and 8 olympic golds. He has also taken 4 olympic silvers adding it up to 12 olympic medals.
Marion Jones of the United States had her 2000 Olympic medals stripped when she admitted to using steroids prior to the 2000 Games.
The most successfull cross-country skier ever is Björn Dählie from Norway with in total 63 gold medals including 46 world cup wins, 9 world championships and 8 olympic golds. He has also taken 4 olympic silvers adding it up to 12 olympic medals.
If referring to Winter Olympic Games, she has won once in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics; Including all of the events she has taken, she has 9 gold medals. (The only way the previous answer would be correct was if Minhyeok4 was referring to world championships.
As quoted from wikipedia The convention used by the IOC is to sort by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned. In the event of a tie in the number of gold medals, the number of silver medals is taken into consideration, and then the number of bronze medals. If two countries have an equal number of gold, silver, and bronze medals, they are ordered in the table alphabetically by their IOC country code.
The Olympic Oath for athletes was first taken at the 1920 Games in Antwerp and the Olympic Oath for judges was first taken at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is swimmer Ian Thorpe with 5 gold medals.
Swimmer Dawn Fraser with 8 (4 gold, 4 silver) at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Games.