Top 10 Olympic Athletes with the Most Medals Thru 2016
These athletes have given it all. They have tried and tried again, and have succeded many times. If they have the same number of medals, like in the olympics, The one who has more gold Ones is first, then silver and then bronze.
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer ...read more. USA swimmer who, from 2004 to 2016, has gotten 28 medals. That's 10 more than the second place. He has gotten 23 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze ones.
Another guy who represented the Soviet Union. He's also a gymnastics champion but he competed from 1972 to 1980. He got 15 medals, 7 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze.
The first person on the list who competed in the winter games. He participated on the biathlon from 1998 to 2014. In this time he got 13 medals. 8 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.
Another Soviet Union guy who did gymnastics. From 1956 to 1964 he got 13 medals. 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
Italian Fencer who, from 1936 to 1950 got 13 medals. 6 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
Japanese gymnastics champion who got 13 medals from 1952 to 1964. He got 5 gold ones, 4 silver ones and 4 bronze ones.
Finland athletics champions who got 12 medals, 9 gold and 3 silver, from 1920 to 1928.
German canoing champion. She got 13 medals, 8 gold and 4 silver. Her career lasted from 1980 to 2004.
Norwegian winter olympics champion who did cross-country skiing from 1992 and 1998 and got 13 medals, 8 gold and 4 silver, the same as #9.