what athlete has the most olympic medals?
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American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian, having won 28 medals in both individual and team events (23 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze). Has also won more individual events than any other Olympian, with 16 medals (13 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze).
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Which country won the most medals in the alpine skiing competitions at the Olympic Games throughout the whole history? Of the total number of 397 medals awarded so far, Austria got 105, nearly twice as much as Switzerland, which comes second with 56 medals.
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Olympians. The Canadian with the most times at the Winter Olympics is Jasey-Jay Anderson, who appeared at 6 Olympics; 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018. The Canadian with the most Winter medals is Cindy Klassen, who has 6 medals; 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze.
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Roger Federer is world's highest-paid athlete, according to Forbes. Who else is in the top 100? Roger Federer: The highest-paid athlete in all of sports. Federer made $106.3 million last year, according to Forbes, which released a list Friday of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world.
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters with 3 gold and 2 silver medals.
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Ian Thorpe is Australia's most successful Olympian of all time with a total of nine medals, (five gold, three silver and one bronze medal) from Sydney and Athens combined.
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Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 104.
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Q1 – Which country has won the most gold medals in summer games? It turns out the United States have the most gold medals.
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The most Olympic medals won by a woman is eighteen by gymnast Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (USSR), nine gold, five silver and four bronze, 1956–64.
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The United States is the most successful nation of all time at the Summer Olympic Games, having amassed a total of 2,520 medals since the first Olympics in 1896.
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More than 90 nations competed for gold across 15 events in PyeongChang, South Korea. Norway came out on top with the most medals and tied with Germany for most golds. The United States came in fourth with only 23 medals, its lowest in 20 years.
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Australia has been most successful in the freestyle discipline, with 37 of the 58 gold medals coming from the stroke. Eight of the gold medals have come from the men's 1500m freestyle, the most victories in the event by any country.
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Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics. She is tied with Cindy Klassen as the Canadian with the most Olympic medals, with six medals total.
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The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place on the medals table after unprecedented dominance at their home Olympics in Beijing four years ago.
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The Soviet Union began competing at the Olympics in 1956 and won nine straight Olympic medals, including seven gold. The Soviet Union broke up in 1991, and in 1992, a Unified Team composed mainly of former Soviet players won gold. Teams from Canada have won the most medals, with fifteen, including nine gold.