who has most olympic gold medals of all time?
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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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It's also important for eSports athletes to feel and understand what Olympic athletes think about. Michael Phelps, who has won 23 gold medals, calls eSports athletes “his fellow athletes”. He believes that the skill, training, and devotion required to become an eSports athlete makes them athletes as well.
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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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Dhyan Chand helped India win three Olympic gold medals during the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Games. Famous for his goal-scoring ability, he scored more than 400 goals in a career spanning 22 years.
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Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway is the most-decorated Olympic alpine skier with eight medals (four gold, two silver, two bronze).
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Norway is the most successful nation of all time at the Winter Olympic Games, having amassed a total of 368 medals since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 – this tally includes 132 gold medals, 125 silver, and 111 bronze.
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Biathlon competitor Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has won 13 medals, eight of them gold, making him the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, according to the International Olympics Committee.
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The University of Southern California is the most dominant U.S. university in Olympics history, with more total medals and gold medals than any other school. If the school was an independent country, its 288 medals would rank 16th all-time in the world.
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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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Of the 204 NOCs participating, 86 received at least one medal; 55 won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 104.
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Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events and became the most successful athlete to compete in Berlin while Germany was the most successful country overall with 89 medals total, with the United States coming in second with 56 medals.
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Winter Olympics Medal Count 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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Most swimming Olympic medals won, men (single games) Michael Phelps (USA) holds the record for the most medals won in the pool at a single Olympics,…
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The United States is the most prolific medal-winning nation, with 114 total. Cuba is second with 73. Americans of note to win Olympic medals in boxing include: Muhammad Ali — gold, 1960 (as Cassius Clay)
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Teams from Canada have won the most medals, with fifteen, including nine gold. As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, 90 medals (30 of each color) have been awarded to teams from 14 National Olympic Committees.
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['Finland: 17,904 people per medal (302 medals, population: 5,407,040)', 'Sweden: 19,649 people per medal (483 medals, population: 9,490,683)', 'Hungary: 20,792 people per medal (475 medals, population: 9,962,000)']
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Two newly independent countries of the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, Croatia and Lithuania, won the silver and bronze medals respectively. The USA's Teresa Edwards is the all-time leader for the most Olympic medals in basketball, with four gold and one bronze.