michael phelps holds the record for most gold medals.
michael phelps holds the record for most gold medals.
who holds the record for most gold medals?
michael phelps
michael fred phelps ii (born june 30, 1985) is an american retired 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 olympics in london, phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. this made him the most successful athlete of the games for the fourth olympics in a row.
michael phelps
the most successful british olympians by gold medals won are sir chris hoy and jason kenny, who have won six gold (and one silver) medals each in track cycling; two british olympians come next with five gold medals – fellow cyclist sir bradley wiggins, and sir steve redgrave, who won five gold medals in five consecutive games in rowing, a record for an endurance event. sailor sir ben ainslie jointly holds the great britain record for most individual olympic gold medals with chris hoy and sir mo farah with four, and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals (in the men's finn class sailing event 2004–2012) - again shared with jason kenny (men's team sprint 2008–2016), steve redgrave (men's coxless pair 1988–1996) and ed clancy (men's team pursuit 2008-2016). sir chris hoy holds the record for gold medals in different events, having reached the top step in four different disciplines – men's kilo, men's team sprint, men's match sprint and men's kierin.
great britain at the olympics