Elisabeta Lipă of Romania won 8 medal including 5 golds. Among the men, Steve Redgrave of Great Britain leads the way with 5 golds and a bronze.
the best swimmer is enthob and he raced in the 2000 Olympic games 1) Michael Phelps, USA (14 total Olympic gold medals, including eight at the 2008 Olympics). 2) Mark Spitz, USA (9 total Olympic gold medals, including seven at the 1972 Olympics) 3) Jenny Thompson, USA (8 total Olympic gold medals) 4) Matt Biondi, USA (8 total Olympic gold medals)
Michael Phelps, the swimmer
Australian swimmer Leisel Jones has won 8 Olympic medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Games.
Ian Thopre.
12 ... 8 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze in swimming at the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Games. Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, she has won the most gold medals of any woman swimmer in Olympic history and is tied with Dara Torres for the most total medals won for any woman swimmer in Olympic history.
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Australian swimmer Tamsyn Lewis has competed at three Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008) but has not won any medals.
There were a lot of winners go to www.ndcsports.msnbc.com to find out more(doesn't have years)
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.
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 medals won at an Olympic Games by an Australian athlete is 5 and was done by swimmer Ian Thorpe at the 2000 Games in Sydney (3 gold, 2 silver) and swimmer Shane Gould at the 1972 Games in Munich (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Ian Thorpe is a swimmer who has won more Olympic gold medals than any other Australian athlete. He won 3 gold and 2 silver at the 2000 Olympics and 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze at the 2004 Olympics.