Top Medal Winners — Athletes

Athlete Country Sport Total

Michael Phelps USA SWI 28
Larysa Latynina URS GYM 18
Nikolay Andrianov URS GYM 15
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR BIA 13
Borys Shakhlin URS GYM 13
Edoardo Mangiarotti ITA FEN 13
Takashi Ono JPN GYM 13
Paavo Nurmi FIN ATH 12
Bjørn Dæhlie NOR CCS 12
Birgit Fischer- GDR/GER CAN 12
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Sawao Kato JPN GYM 12
Jenny Thompson USA SWI 12
Ryan Lochte USA SWI 12
Dara Torres USA SWI 12
Aleksey Nemov RUS GYM 12
Natalie Coughlin USA SWI 12
Top Medal Winners — Countries
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

 USA 1132 904 792 2828

 URS 473 376 355 1204

 GER 318 345 341 1004

 GBR 283 317 307 907

 FRA 263 282 332 877

 ITA 256 225 241 722

 SW 199 215 242 656

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 CH 239 184 173 596

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 RUS 202 183 200 585

 GD 192 165 162 519

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Michael Phelps
Full name: Michael Fred Phelps, II
Nickname(s): The Baltimore Bullet
Gender: Male
Height: 6-3.5 (193 cm)
Weight: 201 lbs (91 kg)
Born: June 30, 1985 (Age 34.240, YY.DDD) in Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
Affiliations: NBAC, Baltimore (USA) / Michigan Wolverines, Ann Arbor
(USA)
Country:   United States
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 23 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze (28 Total)

Biography
Michael Phelps' performances at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics have brought him strong
consideration as the greatest ever Olympian. He has surpassed the records of [Mark Spitz]
and [Johnny Weissmuller] and is considered the greatest swimmer ever. Phelps swims
several strokes, including butterfly and freestyle, but his best events are the individual
medleys. At the 2004 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps became only the second athlete,
after [Aleksandr Dityatin] (URS-GYM-1980) to win eight medals at a single Olympics,
and he repeated this in 2008 at Beijing. Phelps had attempted to win gold medals in eight
swimming events in 2004, to better Mark Spitz's performance at München. Phelps did
not manage that but did win six gold medals (four individual) and two bronze medals. He
followed this with a dominating performance at the 2005 World Championships at which
he won five gold medals and a silver medal. He had also won five World Championship
gold medals at the 2003 meet.

Phelps not only did not stop competing but pushed his records even further. At the 2007
World Championships he entered eight events and won seven gold medals, losing out on
the eighth in the 4×100 medley relay, when the USA was disqualified in an early round
heat in which he had sat out. He seemed poised to challenge Spitz's 1972 mark of seven
gold medals. At Beijing Phelps again entered eight events and this time he came thru with
a victory in all eight, becoming the first Olympian to win eight gold medals at one
Olympic Games.

After Beijing, Phelps took some time off and did not train as hard for a time, but he still
won five gold medals and six medals at the 2009 World Championships. He won another
five golds at the 2010 Pan-Pacs, and in 2011, won four gold medals and seven medals at
the Worlds, setting him up for the 2012 Olympics, and giving him a total of 33 medals and
26 gold medals at the World Championships.

At London in 2012, Phelps cemented his title as the world's greatest swimmer and, to many
people, as the world's greatest Olympian. He won four more gold medals and six medals,
but actually failed to medal in one event in 2012, placing fourth in the 400 IM. His six
medals in 2012 left him with absolute Olympic records of 22 medals and 18 gold medals.
Phelps then announced his retirement, although in 2013 he has hedged that a bit, and
suggested he may return to the pool for further competition.
Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
2000 15 Sydney Swimming Men's 200 metres Butterfly United States USA 5
Summer
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 3 Bronz
Summer e
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 3 Bronz
Summer Relay e
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 200 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 400 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2004 19 Athina Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 200 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 400 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2008 23 Beijing Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 2 Silver
Summer Relay
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 200 metres Butterfly United States USA 2 Silver
Summer
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 400 metres Individual Medley United States USA 4
Summer
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United States USA 1 Gold
Summer
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
Summer Janeiro Relay
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Janeiro Relay
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 2T Silver
Summer Janeiro
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 200 metres Butterfly United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Janeiro
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 200 metres Individual Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Janeiro
2016 31 Rio de Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United States USA 1 Gold
Summer Janeiro

Larysa Latynina
Full name: Larysa Semenivna Latynina (Diriy-)
Original name: Ð›Ð°Ñ€Ð¸ÑÐ° Семенівна Латиніна
(Дірій-)
Other name(s): Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Diry-), Лариса
Семёновна Латынина (Дирий-)
Gender: Female
Height: 5-3 (161 cm)
Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg)
Born: December 27, 1934 (Age 85.060, YY.DDD) in Kherson, Kherson, Ukraine
Affiliations: Burevestnik Kyiv, Kyiv (UKR)
Country:   Soviet Union
Sport: Gymnastics

Medals: 9 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze (18 Total)

Biography
The Soviet gymnast, Larysa Latynina, holds the distinction of having won the most medals
of any female athlete in Olympic history. Between 1956 and 1964 she won medals in 18
gymnastics events, as follows: Gold (9) – 1956 all-around, 1956 floor exercises, 1956
horse vault, 1956 team, 1960 all-around, 1960 floor exercises, 1960 team, 1964 floor
exercises, and 1964 team; Silver (5) ⠀“ 1956 uneven parallel bars, 1960 balance beam,
1960 uneven parallel bars, 1964 all-around, and 1964 horse vault; and Bronze (4) –
1956 team portable apparatus, 1960 horse vault, 1964 balance beam, and 1964 uneven
parallel bars. She failed to medal only in the 1956 balance beam, in which she finished tied
for fourth. She also won six titles at the 1958 and 1962 World Championships in individual
events. At the 1957 European Championships, Latynina won all five individual events –
all-around and the four apparatus finals. In all, at the Olympic, World, and European
Championships, Latynina won 25 gold, 15 silver, and six bronze for a total of 46 medals.
This phenomenal record was achieved despite the fact that her career was interrupted when
she gave birth to two children. After her retirement from competition she became national
gymnastics team coach.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Team Portable Soviet Union URS 3T Bronze
Apparatus
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 1T Gold
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
1956 Summer 21 Melbourne Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Soviet Union URS 4T
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
1960 Summer 25 Roma Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
1964 Summer 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
1964 Summer 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1964 Summer 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1964 Summer 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 2T Silver
1964 Summer 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze
1964 29 Tokyo Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Soviet URS 3 Bronz
Summer Union e

Nikolay Andrianov
Full name: Nikolay Yefimovich Andrianov
Original name: ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ Ефимович АнÐ
´Ñ€Ð¸Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²
Gender: Male
Height: 5-5 (166 cm)
Weight: 132 lbs (60 kg)
Born: October 14, 1952 in Vladimir, Vladimir, Russia
Died: March 21, 2011 (Aged 58.158) in Vladimir, Vladimir, Russia
Affiliations: Burevestnik Vladimir, Vladimir (RUS)
Country:   Soviet Union
Sport: Gymnastics

Related Olympians: Husband of Lyubov Burda.

Medals: 7 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze (15 Total)

Biography
Gymnast Nikolay Andrianov, who took up gymnastics in 1964 when he was 12 years old,
won more Olympic medals than any male gymnast while representing the Soviet Union.
Between 1972 and 1980 he won seven gold medals (six individual, one team), five silver
and three bronze for a total of a record 15 medals. He won three Olympic medals in 1972,
seven in 1976, and five in 1980. Andrianov also recited the Athlete⠀™s Oath at the 1980
Moscow Olympics opening ceremony, which was his last gymnastics competition. At the
World Championships Andrianov won gold on the rings, his best event, in 1974, the all-
around and rings in 1978, and the team event in 1979. He also won seven silver medals at
the World Championships. His international career started at the 1971 European
Championships where he was a late substitute but won six medals, including a bronze in
the all-around. In individual European Championships he eventually won eight gold, six
silver, and two bronze medals, including the all-around championship in 1975. Andrianov
was also World Cup champion in both 1975 and 1977 (shared with [Vladimir Markelov] in
1977). Domestically, Andrianov won eleven Soviet titles, including the all-around titles in
1972-1974. In 1976 he was also selected as the best Soviet sportsman of the year.

After finishing his sporting career after the 1980 Olympics, Andrianov and his wife
[Lyubov Burda], who won golds in gymnastics team event at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics,
worked as children⠀™s gymnastics coaches and from 1981-92, Andrianov was the head
coach of the Soviet national men⠀™s junior team. From 1990-92 Andrianov was also the
head coach of the Soviet national gymnastics team and was the president of the Soviet and
later the Russian Gymnastics Federation in 1990-93. From 1994-2002 Andrianov worked
as a children⠀™s coach in Japan and thanks to his work, Japan rose to be one of the
leading gymnastics nations of the world again in the 2000s, a position which it had lost in
the 1990s. He was also named twice as the best gymnastics coach of the year in Japan. In
2002, Andrianov returned to Russia and worked as the director of the N.G. Tolkachov
Specialized Children and Youth sports school in his native Vladimir, where he first began
the sport as a youth. In 2010, Andrianov was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological
disorder multiple system atrophy and in his final months he was unable to move his arms
or legs or talk. He died in March 2011 at 58-years-old.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Rank Medal
C
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Individual All- Soviet URS 4
Summer Around Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Soviet URS 2 Silver
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Soviet URS 3 Bronze
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Soviet URS 6
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet URS 6
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Rings Soviet URS 6T QR
Summer Union
1972 19 München Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet URS 17T
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Rank Medal
C
Summer Union QR
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Individual All- Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Around Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Soviet URS 2 Silver
Summer Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Soviet URS 2 Silver
Summer Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet URS 10T
Summer Union QR
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Rings Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1976 23 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet URS 3T Bronze
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Individual All- Soviet URS 2 Silver
Summer Around Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Soviet URS 2 Silver
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Soviet URS 1 Gold
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Soviet URS 3T QR
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet URS 3 Bronze
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Rings Soviet URS 3T QR
Summer Union
1980 27 Moskva Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet URS 7T QR
Summer Union

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Full name: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Gender: Male
Height: 5-10 (178 cm)
Weight: 143 lbs (65 kg)
Born: January 27, 1974 (Age 46.029, YY.DDD) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Affiliations: Simostranda IL,
Country:   Norway
Sport: Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing

Related Olympians: Husband (divorced) of Nathalie Santer; Brother of Dag Bjørndalen;

Brother-in-law of Saskia Santer; Husband of Darya Domracheva.

Medals: 8 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze (13 Total)

Biography
Ole Einar Bjørndalen first competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 1994, but with only
minimal success. In 1998 at Nagano, he won the 10 kilometre biathlon event, and won
silver with the Norwegian relay team. But prior to the 2001-2002 season he gave no
indication of what he would do at the Salt Lake City Olympics. Earlier in the season he
won two World Cup biathlon races, but at Salt Lake City he won gold medals in all four
biathlon events ⠀“ 10 kilometres, 20 kilometres, pursuit, and relay. No biathlete before
him had won more than two gold medals at a single Winter Olympics. Bjørndalen also
ran the 30 kilometre cross-country event in 2002, finishing sixth. Bjørndalen also
competed in biathlon at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, winning three more medals ⠀“
two silver and a bronze.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Ran Medal
C k
1994 20 Lillehammer Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 28
Winter
1994 20 Lillehammer Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 36
Winter
1994 20 Lillehammer Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 7
Winter Relay
1998 24 Nagano Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter
1998 24 Nagano Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 7
Winter
1998 24 Nagano Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 2 Silver
Winter Relay
2002 28 Salt Lake Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter City
2002 28 Salt Lake Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometres Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter City Pursuit
2002 28 Salt Lake Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter City
2002 28 Salt Lake Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter City Relay
2002 28 Salt Lake Cross Men's 30 kilometres Norway NOR 5
Winter City Country
Skiing
2006 32 Torino Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 11
Winter
2006 32 Torino Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometres Norway NOR 2 Silver
Winter Pursuit
2006 32 Torino Biathlon Men's 15 kilometres Mass Norway NOR 3 Bronze
Winter Start
2006 32 Torino Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 2 Silver
Winter
2006 32 Torino Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 5
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Ran Medal
C k
Winter Relay
2010 36 Vancouver Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 17
Winter
2010 36 Vancouver Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometres Norway NOR 7
Winter Pursuit
2010 36 Vancouver Biathlon Men's 15 kilometres Mass Norway NOR 27
Winter Start
2010 36 Vancouver Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 2T Silver
Winter
2010 36 Vancouver Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter Relay
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres Sprint Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres Norway NOR 1 Gold
Winter and 2 × 7.5 kilometres
Relay
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometres Norway NOR 4
Winter Pursuit
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Men's 15 kilometres Mass Norway NOR 22
Winter Start
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Men's 20 kilometres Norway NOR 33
Winter
2014 40 Sochi Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Norway NOR 4
Winter Relay

Borys Shakhlin
Full name: Borys Anfiyanovych Shakhlin
Original name: Ð‘орис Анфіянович Шах
лін
Other name(s): Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin, Борис
Анфиянович Шахлин
Gender: Male
Height: 5-7 (171 cm)
Weight: 157 lbs (71 kg)
Born: January 27, 1932 in Ishim, Tyumen, Russia
Died: May 27, 2008 (Aged 76.121) in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Affiliations: Burevestnik Kyiv, Kyiv (UKR)
Country:   Soviet Union
Sport: Gymnastics

Medals: 7 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze (13 Total)

Biography
Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union won six gold medals in individual gymnastic events,
which remains an Olympic best for men, bettered only by Věra Čáslavská among
women. Between 1956 and 1964, he won a total of 13 Olympic medals (seven gold, four
silver, two bronze) with his strongest individual event being the pommelled horse in which
he won gold in 1960 and 1964. His 13 Olympic medals was a record for men until it was
bettered by fellow Soviet gymnast Nikolay Andrianov. Shakhlin also won a total of 14
medals at the World Championships. He won four individual titles at the 1958 World
Championships: all-around, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and pommelled horse. He was all-
around champion at the 1955 European Championships, the 1958 World Championships,
and the 1960 Olympics. Unusually tall for a gymnast, his height and reach were a distinct
advantage on the horizontal bar but caused him difficulty on the floor exercise. He later
served as a gymnastics official and was a member of the FIG Technical Committee from
1968-1992. Shakhlin was a senior lecturer on gymnastics at Kiev's National University of
Physical Training and Sports. He was awarded the Red Banner of Labor in 1956, the Order
of Lenin in 1960, and the mark of Honor in 1964. He was named an Honorary Citizen of
both his birthplace, Ishim, and his adopted hometown of Kiev.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Ag City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
e
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 8T
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 28
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 4T
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Parallel Bars Soviet Union URS 8T
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet Union URS 13T
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Rings Soviet Union URS 15T
Summer s
1956 24 Melbourne Gymnastic Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 7T QR
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 1T Gold
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Parallel Bars Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet Union URS 3 Bronz
Summer s e
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Rings Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
Summer s
1960 28 Roma Gymnastic Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet Union URS 1T Gold
Summer s
 Games Ag City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
e
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Individual All-Around Soviet Union URS 2T Silver
Summer s
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Team All-Around Soviet Union URS 2 Silver
Summer s
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Floor Exercise Soviet Union URS 14T
Summer s QR
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Horse Vault Soviet Union URS 5
Summer s
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Parallel Bars Soviet Union URS 9 QR
Summer s
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Horizontal Bar Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
Summer s
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Rings Soviet Union URS 3 Bronz
Summer s e
1964 32 Tokyo Gymnastic Men's Pommelled Horse Soviet Union URS 7T QR
Summer s

Edoardo Mangiarotti
Full name: Edoardo Mangiarotti
Gender: Male
Born: April 7, 1919 in Renate, Monza e Brianza, Italy
Died: May 25, 2012 (Aged 93.048) in Milano, Milano, Italy
Country:   Italy
Sport: Fencing

Related Olympians: Father of Carola Mangiarotti; Brother of Dario Mangiarotti; Son

of Giuseppe Mangiarotti.

Medals: 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze (13 Total)

Biography
The Italian fencer, Edoardo Mangiarotti, was a winner of a record 13 Olympic medals (six
gold, five silver, two bronze) in fencing from 1936 to 1960. He was most successful in the
épée team event winning four gold medals (1936, 1952, 1956, 1960) and a silver
(1948). His other gold medals came in the épée individual (1952) and the foil team
(1960). Mangiarotti competed in 14 Olympic events, failing to medal only in the 1956
individual foil. After making his international début at the 1935 World Championships,
Mangiarotti won two world individual épée titles and was a member of 13 winning
teams in the épée and foil. His business career was as an estate agent and journalist,
and he later became secretary-general of the Fédération Internationale d⠀™Ã‰scrime
(FIE). His brother, [Dario], was also a member of the Italian medal winning Olympic
épée teams in 1948 and 1952. They were both taught by their father, [Giuseppe], who
was several times professional épée champion in Italy.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1936 Summer 17 Berlin Fencing Men's Épée, Team Italy ITA 1 Gold
1948 Summer 29 London Fencing Men's Foil, Team Italy ITA 2 Silver
1948 Summer 29 London Fencing Men's Épée, Individual Italy ITA 3 Bronze
1948 Summer 29 London Fencing Men's Épée, Team Italy ITA 2 Silver
1952 Summer 33 Helsinki Fencing Men's Foil, Individual Italy ITA 2 Silver
1952 Summer 33 Helsinki Fencing Men's Foil, Team Italy ITA 2 Silver
1952 Summer 33 Helsinki Fencing Men's Épée, Individual Italy ITA 1 Gold
1952 Summer 33 Helsinki Fencing Men's Épée, Team Italy ITA 1 Gold
1956 Summer 37 Melbourne Fencing Men's Foil, Individual Italy ITA 5 p2 r1/3
1956 Summer 37 Melbourne Fencing Men's Foil, Team Italy ITA 1 Gold
1956 Summer 37 Melbourne Fencing Men's Épée, Individual Italy ITA 3 Bronze
1956 Summer 37 Melbourne Fencing Men's Épée, Team Italy ITA 1 Gold
1960 Summer 41 Roma Fencing Men's Foil, Team Italy ITA 2 Silver
1960 Summer 41 Roma Fencin Men's Épée, Team Italy ITA 1 Gold
g

Takashi Ono
Full name: Takashi Ono
Original name: å°é‡Ž 喬
Gender: Male
Height: 5-2.5 (160 cm)
Weight: 128 lbs (58 kg)
Born: July 26, 1931 (Age 88.214, YY.DDD) in Noshiro, Akita, Japan
Country:   Japan
Sport: Gymnastics

Related Olympians: Husband of Kiyoko Ono.

Medals: 5 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze (13 Total)

Biography
Takashi Ono was the first Japanese to win an individual Olympic gold
medal for gymnastics. He won the horizontal bar in 1956 and 1960,
shared first place in the horse vault in 1960 and won also team gold in
1956 and 1960. To his five gold medals he added four silver and four
bronze medals, highlighted by silver medals in the all-around in both
1956 and 1960. At the World Championships, Ono won four silver
medals and a bronze in 1958 and won the World Championships on the
horizontal bar in 1962.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Ag City Sport Event Tea NOC Rank Medal
e m
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 12
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 5
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 4
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 3T Bronze
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 31T
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 19T
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 63T
Summer
1952 20 Helsinki Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 31
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 2 Silver
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 2 Silver
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 8T
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 16T
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 3T Bronze
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 1 Gold
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 5T
Summer
1956 25 Melbourne Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 2 Silver
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 2 Silver
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 4T
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 1T Gold
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 3 Bronze
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 1 Gold
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 3T Bronze
Summer
1960 29 Roma Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 6
Summer
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 11T
Summer
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
 Games Ag City Sport Event Tea NOC Rank Medal
e m
Summer
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 16T
Summer QR
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 14T
Summer QR
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 25T
Summer QR
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 6
Summer
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 9T QR
Summer
1964 33 Tokyo Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 7T QR
Summer

Paavo Nurmi
Full name: Paavo Johannes Nurmi
Nickname(s): Lentävä suomalainen, Haamusuomalainen, Suuri vaikenija
Gender: Male
Height: 5-8.5 (174 cm)
Weight: 143 lbs (65 kg)
Born: June 13, 1897 in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi, Finland
Died: October 2, 1973 (Aged 76.111) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Affiliations: Turun Urheiluliitto, Turku (FIN)
Country:   Finland
Sport: Athletics

Medals: 9 Gold, 3 Silver (12 Total)

Biography
Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, was an Olympic legend whose dedication to a
rigorous training schedule and mastery of pace judgment brought a new dimension to
distance running. Between 1920 and 1928 he won a record nine Olympic gold medals
(seven individual; two team) and three individual silver medals. His medals came in a wide
range of events: 1,500 metres, 3,000 metres (team), 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres,
steeplechase and cross-country. In 1932, he was banned for alleged professionalism and
missed the chance to add the 1932 marathon, for which he was one of the favorites, to his
list of Olympic successes. Although subsequently reinstated as an amateur for domestic
races, he continued to be excluded from international competition, a decision that left him
embittered for the rest of his life. However, he returned to the Olympic arena in 1952 when
he carried the torch into the Opening Ceremony. The incomparable "Flying Finn" set 22
official and 13 unofficial world records, and statues (done by [Wäinö Aaltonen] in
1925) honoring his feats stand in his hometown of Turku, outside the Olympic stadium in
Helsinki, and in the park of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

Personal Bests: 1500 ⠀ “ 3:52.6 (1924); 3000 ⠀ “ 8:20.4 (1926); 5000 ⠀ “ 14:28.2
(1924); 10000 †“ 30:06.1 (1924); 3000S ⠀ “ 9:31.2e (1928).
Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1920 Summer 22 Antwerpen Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Finland FIN 2 Silver
1920 Summer 22 Antwerpen Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Finland FIN 1 Gold
1920 Summer 22 Antwerpen Athletics Men's Cross-Country, Individual Finland FIN 1 Gold
1920 Summer 22 Antwerpen Athletics Men's Cross-Country, Team Finland FIN 1 Gold
1924 Summer 26 Paris Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Finland FIN 1 Gold OR
1924 Summer 26 Paris Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Finland FIN 1 Gold OR
1924 Summer 26 Paris Athletics Men's 3,000 metres, Team Finland FIN 1 Gold
1924 Summer 26 Paris Athletics Men's Cross-Country, Individual Finland FIN 1 Gold
1924 Summer 26 Paris Athletics Men's Cross-Country, Team Finland FIN 1 Gold
1928 Summer 30 Amsterdam Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Finland FIN 2 Silver
1928 Summer 30 Amsterdam Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Finland FIN 1 Gold OR
1928 30 Amsterdam Athletic Men's 3,000 metres Finlan FIN 2 Silve
Summer s Steeplechase d r

Bjørn Dæhlie
Full name: Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie
Gender: Male
Height: 6-0 (184 cm)
Weight: 168 lbs (76 kg)
Born: June 19, 1967 in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway
Affiliations: Nannestad Skiklubb, Nannestad (NOR)
Country:   Norway
Sport: Cross Country Skiing

Medals: 8 Gold, 4 Silver (12 Total)

Biography
Norway's Bjørn Dæhlie is the most successful male Nordic skier in Olympic history, with
12 Olympic medals and eight gold medals. In 1992, he won the combined pursuit, the 50
km. classical and was a member of the winning relay team, while in 1994, he was the
winner of the 10 km. classical and the combined pursuit. To these gold medals he added
silver in the 30 km. in 1992 and 1994, and a third silver in the relay in 1994. At Nagano in
1998, he continued his winning ways, with a gold medal in the 10 km. classical and the 50
km. race, anchored his Norwegian team to victory in the relay, and added a silver in the
combined pursuit event. Dæhlie has been slightly less successful at the World
Championships, although he did win five individual championships – 1997 10 kilometres,
1991 15 kilometres, 1993 and 1997 pursuit, and the 1993 30 kilometres. In addition,
Dæhlie anchored winning Norwegian relay teams at the 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997 World
Championships. He retired after the 1999 World Cup season.
 Birgit Fischer-Schmidt
Full name: Birgit Fischer-Schmidt
Gender: Female
Height: 5-7.5 (172 cm)
Weight: 152 lbs (69 kg)
Born: February 25, 1962 (Age 58.000, YY.DDD) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! in Brandenburg an
der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany
Affiliations: ASK Vorwärts Potsdam, Potsdam (GER) / OSC Potsdam, Potsdam (GER) /
WSV Mannheim-Sandhofen, Mannheim (GER)
Country:   East Germany,   Germany
Sport: Canoeing

Related Olympians: Wife (divorced) of Jörg Schmidt; Sister-in-law of Sarina

Hülsenbeck; Aunt of Fanny Fischer.

Medals: 8 Gold, 4 Silver (12 Total)

Biography
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt of Germany (formerly East Germany) is considered the greatest
woman canoeist of all time. Her total of 37 medals (1979-2005) and 27 gold medals (1979-
1998) at the World Championships has never been approached and her 12 Olympic medals
and eight gold medals are also records. Representing East Germany (GDR) she won the
Olympic K1 title in 1980 (as Miss Fischer) and the K2 and K4 in 1988. After a three-year
break from competition, during which she gave birth to her second child, she won the K1
in 1992 as a member of the unified German team. In 1996 at Atlanta, she paddled with the
German K4 team to win her fifth gold medal, and at Sydney in 2000, she added golds in
both K2 and K4. Her husband, Jörg Schmidt, was a World Champion and Olympic silver
medalist (in the C1-1,000 in 1988). Birgit Fischer initially retired after the 2000 Olympic
Games, but returned in 2003 and competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, winning a gold
and silver medal. She won gold medals at six different Olympic Games, spanning 24 years.
Schmidt-Fischer also won two medals at the 2005 World Championships. It appeared she
would compete forever.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Ran Meda
k l
1980 Summer 18 Moskva Canoeing Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres East GDR 1 Gold
Germany
1988 Summer 26 Seoul Canoeing Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres East GDR 2 Silver
Germany
1988 Summer 26 Seoul Canoeing Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres East GDR 1 Gold
Germany
1988 Summer 26 Seoul Canoeing Women's Kayak Fours, 500 metres East GDR 1 Gold
Germany
1992 Summer 30 Barcelon Canoeing Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres Germany GER 1 Gold
a
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Ran Meda
k l
1992 Summer 30 Barcelon Canoeing Women's Kayak Fours, 500 metres Germany GER 2 Silver
a
1996 Summer 34 Atlanta Canoeing Women's Kayak Singles, 500 metres Germany GER 4
1996 Summer 34 Atlanta Canoeing Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres Germany GER 2 Silver
1996 Summer 34 Atlanta Canoeing Women's Kayak Fours, 500 metres Germany GER 1 Gold
2000 Summer 38 Sydney Canoeing Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres Germany GER 1 Gold
2000 Summer 38 Sydney Canoeing Women's Kayak Fours, 500 metres Germany GER 1 Gold
2004 Summer 42 Athina Canoeing Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres Germany GER 2 Silver
2004 42 Athina Canoeing Women's Kayak Fours, 500 Germany GER 1 Gold
Summer metres

Sawao Kato
Full name: Sawao Kato
Original name: åŠ è—¤ 澤男
Gender: Male
Height: 5-4 (163 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Born: October 11, 1946 (Age 73.137, YY.DDD) in Gosen, Niigata, Japan
Country:   Japan
Sport: Gymnastics

Related Olympians: Brother of Takeshi Kato.

Medals: 8 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze (12 Total)

Biography
Japan's Sawao Kato set an Olympic record for men by winning eight gold medals in
gymnastics. He was a member of the winning all-around team in 1968, 1972 and 1976, and
also won the individual title on the first two occasions, but he had to settle for a silver
medal in 1976. His other gold medals came in the individual floor exercises (1968) and the
individual parallel bars (1972, 1976). Strangely, Kato never won an individual
championship of any kind at the World Championships, but he was on the winning
Japanese team in 1974.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
México
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
México
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 1 Gold
México
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 5T QR
México
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 3 QR
México
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 3T QR
México
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 3 Bronz
México e
1968 Summer 22 Ciudad de Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 8T QR
México
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 6
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 4T
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 1 Gold
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 2 Silver
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 4
1972 Summer 25 München Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Japan JPN 2 Silver
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Japan JPN 2 Silver
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Japan JPN 1 Gold
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Japan JPN 5
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Japan JPN 7T QR
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Japan JPN 1 Gold
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Japan JPN 4 QR
1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastics Men's Rings Japan JPN 6

1976 Summer 29 Montréal Gymnastic Men's Pommelled Horse Japa JPN 5

s n

Jenny Thompson
Full name: Jennifer Elisabeth "Jenny" Thompson (-Cumpelik)
Nickname(s): Jenny Beth
Gender: Female
Height: 5-9.5 (177 cm)
Weight: 152 lbs (69 kg)
Born: February 26, 1973 (Age 46.364, YY.DDD) in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Affiliations: Badger Swim Club, Larchmont (USA)
Country:   United States
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 8 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze (12 Total)

Biography
With 12 medals and eight gold medals, Jenny Thompson has won more swimming medals
and gold medals than any woman in Olympic history. But all eight of her gold medals
came in relays, and this immensely talented swimmer was frustrated in her attempt to win
an individual Olympic gold medal. Her only individual medals were a silver in the 1992
100 freestyle and a bronze in the same event in 2000. While attending medical school,
Thompson came out of retirement and made the 2004 Olympic team, and won two relay
silver medals in Athens. Twenty-three times a national champion, she was more successful
individually at the World Championships, winning the 100 free and 100 fly at the 1998
worlds. At the other major international event, the Pan-Pacifics, Thompson also won the 50
free four times (1989, 1991, 1993, 1999), the 100 free four times (1993-99), and the 100
fly three times (1993, 1997-1999). Among all female Olympians, Thompson's eight gold
medals are surpassed only by [Larysa Latynina]'s nine in gymnastics, and equaled by
[Birgit Fischer-Schmidt] in canoeing. Thompson has since become a physician,
specializing as a pediatric anaesthesiologist.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Ran Medal
k
1992 Summer 19 Barcelona Swimming Women's 50 metres Freestyle United States USA 5
1992 Summer 19 Barcelona Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 2 Silver
1992 Summer 19 Barcelona Swimming Women's 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 17
1992 Summer 19 Barcelona Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
1992 Summer 19 Barcelona Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
1996 Summer 23 Atlanta Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
1996 Summer 23 Atlanta Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
1996 Summer 23 Atlanta Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
2000 Summer 27 Sydney Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 3T Bronze
2000 Summer 27 Sydney Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
2000 Summer 27 Sydney Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
2000 Summer 27 Sydney Swimming Women's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 5
2000 Summer 27 Sydney Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley United States USA 1 Gold
Relay
2004 Summer 31 Athina Swimming Women's 50 metres Freestyle United States USA 7
2004 Summer 31 Athina Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United States USA 2 Silver
Relay
2004 Summer 31 Athina Swimming Women's 100 metres Butterfly United States USA 5

2004 31 Athina Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silve

Summer Medley Relay States r

Ryan Lochte
Full name: Ryan Steven Lochte
Nickname(s): The Lochtenator
Gender: Male
Height: 6-2 (188 cm)
Weight: 194 lbs (88 kg)
Born: August 3, 1984 (Age 35.206, YY.DDD) in Canandaigua, New York, United States
Affiliations: Florida Gators, Gainesville (USA) / Daytona Beach Swimming, Daytona Beach
(USA)
Country:   United States
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze (12 Total)

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Rank Medal
C
2004 20 Athina Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2004 20 Athina Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Individual Medley States
2008 24 Beijing Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2008 24 Beijing Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Backstroke States
2008 24 Beijing Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Individual Medley States
2008 24 Beijing Swimming Men's 400 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Individual Medley States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 200 metres Freestyle United USA 4
Summer States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Backstroke States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Individual Medley States
2012 27 London Swimming Men's 400 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Individual Medley States
2016 32 Rio de Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Janeiro Freestyle Relay States
2016 32 Rio de Swimming Men's 200 metres United USA 5
Summer Janeiro Individual Medley States

Dara Torres
Full name: Dara Grace Torres (-Hoffman, -Minas)
Gender: Female
Height: 6-0 (183 cm)
Weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)
Born: April 15, 1967 (Age 52.316, YY.DDD) in Beverly Hills, California,
United States
Affiliations: Florida Gators, Gainesville (USA)
Country:   United States
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 4 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze (12 Total)

Biography
Dara Torres had the longest successful career of any Olympic swimmer, one which saw
her win 12 Olympic medals and four gold medals. Torres began her career in 1984,
winning a gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay. She added a silver and bronze in
relays in 1988, and seemingly ended her swimming career with another gold in the
4×100 free relay in 1992. Tall and strikingly attractive, Torres then began a career as a
model, becoming the first athlete to appear in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. She
also achieved notice as a commercial spokeswoman on an infomercial for a fitness training
method. But in late 1998, she elected to return to competitive swimming. With little time to
prepare, she returned to the Olympic pool at Sydney, and won five medals, including two
golds in relays. She won three individual bronze medals at Sydney ⠀“ in the 50 free, the
100 free, and the 100 fly.

Again retiring after the 2000 Olympics, Torres did not compete in Athina. But in 2006 she
began training to make another Olympic team and made the US team for Beijing, winning
the Olympic Trials in both the 50 and 100 metre freestyle. But she elected to compete in
Beijing only in the 50 and the 4×100 freestyle and medley relays. Aged 41, the oldest
ever female Olympic swimmer, Torres won a silver medal in the 50 free, defeated by only
1/100th of a second. She added silver medals in both relays. Torres finished her Olympic
career lacking only an individual gold medal. She swam through 2012, but just missed out
making the US Olympic team for the London Olympics. Torres won four Olympic medals
of each color, one of only three Olympians to have won four or more medals of each type
([Takashi Ono] of Japan, and [Larisa Latynina] in gymnastics are the others).

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1984 17 Los Angeles Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay States
1988 21 Seoul Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United USA 7
Summer States
1988 21 Seoul Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Relay States
1988 21 Seoul Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United USA 2 Silver
 Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
Summer States
1992 25 Barcelona Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay States
2000 33 Sydney Swimming Women's 50 metres Freestyle United USA 3 Bronze
Summer States
2000 33 Sydney Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United USA 3T Bronze
Summer States
2000 33 Sydney Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United USA 1 Gold
Summer Relay States
2000 33 Sydney Swimming Women's 100 metres Butterfly United USA 3 Bronze
Summer States
2000 33 Sydney Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United USA 1 Gold
Summer States
2008 41 Beijing Swimming Women's 50 metres Freestyle United USA 2 Silver
Summer States
2008 41 Beijing Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle United USA 2 Silver
Summer Relay States
2008 41 Beijing Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay United USA 2 Silver
Summer States

Aleksey Nemov
Full name: Aleksey Yuryevich Nemov
Original name: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐ¹ Юрьевич Немов
Gender: Male
Height: 5-8.5 (174 cm)
Weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)
Born: May 28, 1976 (Age 43.273, YY.DDD) in Barashevo, Ulyanovsk, Russia
Affiliations: CSKA (Central Sport Klub Army), VVC, Moskva
Country:   Russia
Sport: Gymnastics

Medals: 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 6 Bronze (12 Total)

Biography
Aleksey Nemov has won 12 Olympic medals in gymnastics, the most by any gymnast
since the break-up of the Soviet juggernaut gymnastic teams of the 1960s and 1970s. He
starred at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, unusually winning two gold, one silver, and
three bronze medals both times. He has won three individual Olympic gold medals ⠀“
1996 horse vault, and 2000 all-around and horizontal bar. Nemov also competed in 2004,
but well past his prime, his top performance was a fifth on the horizontal bar, his best
event. Nemov won 11 medals at the World Championships between 1993-2002, including
five individual gold medals. He also won eight medals at the European Championships,
with four gold medals, three in individual events.

Results
 
Glossary
 Games Ag City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
e
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Russia RUS 2 Silver
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Russia RUS 1 Gold
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Russia RUS 3 Bronze
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Russia RUS 1 Gold
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Russia RUS 4T
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Russia RUS 3T Bronze
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Rings Russia RUS 14 QR
1996 Summer 20 Atlanta Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Russia RUS 3 Bronze
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Russia RUS 1 Gold
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Russia RUS 3 Bronze
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise Russia RUS 2 Silver
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Horse Vault Russia RUS 4
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Russia RUS 3 Bronze
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Russia RUS 1 Gold
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Rings Russia RUS 14T QR
2000 Summer 24 Sydney Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Russia RUS 3 Bronze
2004 Summer 28 Athina Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Russia RUS 82
2004 Summer 28 Athina Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Russia RUS 6
2004 Summer 28 Athina Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Russia RUS 12T QR
2004 Summer 28 Athina Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Russia RUS 5

2004 Summer 28 Athina Gymnastics Men's Pommelled Horse Russia RUS 35T
QR

Natalie Coughlin
Full name: Natalie Anne Coughlin (-Hall)
Gender: Female
Height: 5-8 (173 cm)
Weight: 139 lbs (63 kg)
Born: August 23, 1982 (Age 37.186, YY.DDD) in Vallejo, California, United States
Affiliations: University of California Berkeley/California Aquatics
Country:   United States
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze (12 Total)

Biography
Natalie Coughlin burst onto the international swim scene at the 2001 World
Championships, winning a gold medal in the 100 backstroke and a bronze in the 50
backstroke. In 2002 at the Pan-Pacifics, she was more dominant, winning six medals, four
gold, with three individual championships in the 100 free, 100 fly, and 100 back. Coughlin
was an early favorite for the 2004 Olympics, but her performance in 2003, and especially
at the World Championships, was lackluster. There she won only two relay medals,
although it was later revealed that she was quite sick and had considered not competing.
Although somewhat overshadowed by the media attention given [Michael Phelps],
Coughlin was the top female swimmer at the 2004 Olympic Games, winning five medals,
including two gold. Individually, she won the 100 metre backstroke and finished third in
the 100 freestyle. She won her second gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle relay, and
added two silvers as a member of the United States⠀™ teams in the other relays.

Coughlin continued after 2004 and won a 4x200 freestyle relay gold medal at the 2005
World Championships. In 2007, she won the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle at the
Worlds, adding a gold medal in the 4x2 free relay. In Beijing, she was again eclipsed by
the frenzy that surrounded American swimmers Michael Phelps and [Dara Torres]. But she
competed in six events, winning a medal in all of them, highlighted by an individual gold
medal in the 100 backstroke, becoming the first woman to defend that Olympic title. In
three Olympics, she competed in 12 events and won 12 medals, three gold. This gives her
an unusual Olympic record, tied with [Paavo Nurmi], of having entered the most Olympic
events, and winning a medal in all of them.

Results
 
Glossary
Games Age City Sport Event Team NO Rank Medal
C
2004 21 Athina Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United USA 3 Bronze
Summer States
2004 21 Athina Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2004 21 Athina Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2004 21 Athina Swimming Women's 100 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Backstroke States
2004 21 Athina Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Medley Relay States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 100 metres Freestyle United USA 3 Bronze
Summer States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Freestyle Relay States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 100 metres United USA 1 Gold
Summer Backstroke States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 200 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Individual Medley States
2008 25 Beijing Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 2 Silver
Summer Medley Relay States
2012 29 London Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metres United USA 3 Bronze
Summer Freestyle Relay States