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[3] [4] Latynina has the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history, with 18. She won six medals in each Olympic Games that she competed in, winning the individual all-around titles in 1956 and 1960. [3] Astakhova won two medals in 1956, four medals in 1960, and four medals in 1964. She won the uneven bars golds in 1960 and 1964. [4]
In her international debut at the 2012 London Olympic Games as a 15-year-old, Ledecky unexpectedly won the gold medal in the women's 800-metre freestyle. Four years later, she left Rio de Janeiro as the most decorated female athlete of the 2016 Olympic Games, with four gold medals, one
She is also the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history and the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history, having earned 11 total medals from five consecutive Olympic Games. [4] Felix is the most decorated athlete, male or female, in World Athletics Championships history with 20 career medals, 7 from ...
By winning a silver medal in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, Ledecky became the most decorated female US Olympian of all-time with 13 total medals. Australia won the race with a new Olympic ...
Katie Ledecky is now the most decorated U.S. female athlete in Olympic history. The 27-year-old D.C.-area native broke records at La Défense Arena in Paris on Thursday after earning her 13th ...
Ledecky won her ninth gold and 14th overall medal Saturday, taking the 800-meter freestyle and concluding her fourth Olympic Games in style. She became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of ...
Allyson Felix won bronze in the women's 400-meter final in Tokyo on Friday — making her the most decorated female track and field athlete in Olympic history.The 35-year-old has won six gold ...
It includes top-three placings in the 1896 Olympic Games and 1900 Olympic Games, before medals were actually awarded for those placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. For simplicity, when an athlete has won medals for more than one nation, their entry in this list only mentions the last Nation represented.