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She also won a gold medal in the women's 1500-meter freestyle, a silver medal in the women’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay race and a bronze medal in the women’s 400-meter freestyle.
Hall Jr., 50, won five gold, three silver and two bronze Olympic medals throughout his career, which included appearances at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, the 2020 Summer Games in Sydney and ...
The former professional swimmer told Today in July 2012, “I have 11 Olympic medals. They were in my sock drawer and then my father decided that wasn’t safe enough, so he got me a safe.” (Her ...
Those athletes who win multiple Olympic gold medals are entitled to more than S$1 million only for the first individual gold medal won at the Games. [46] The money, however, is taxable and the medal winner is obligated to share half of the prize money to the sport they are representing.
*This table does not include two medals – one silver awarded in the ice hockey and one bronze awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States has never won an Olympic medal in the following current summer sports or disciplines: badminton, handball, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis and trampoline gymnastics.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
But the medals are a symbol of achievement, and, when they have been sold, have gone for much higher prices—in 2021, a first-place medal from the 1896 Athens Olympic Games sold for more than ...
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.