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This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most medals won. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania (6), United States (6), Hungary (4), East Germany (2), Russia (2), Brazil (1), and Czechoslovakia (1) are also ...
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won four or more Olympic gold medals. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. (If they were, Ray Ewry would be second on the list with 10 gold.) It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.
In all, Bjørgen has 15 Olympic medals, making her the most accomplished winter Olympian to date. Boris Shakhlin won 13 Olympic medals as an artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union. Boris Shakhlin.
Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) [2] is an American retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions.
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With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast. [ 7 ] At the Olympic Games , Biles is a two-time gold medalist in the individual all-around ( 2016 , 2024 ).
The most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, wrote his memoir with Brian Cazeneuve after his success in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In it, he opens about his lifelong struggle with ADD ...