what person has won the most olympic gold 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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No Olympian has received a solid gold medal since the 1912 games. Gold medals are actually at least 92.5 percent silver, plated with gold. (If the current medals were solid gold they would be worth about $25,000 each.)
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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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The Bahamas took first place when it comes to countries that won the most gold medals per population, winning one gold from its population of nearly 400,000, according to the website Medals Per Capita. Jamaica came in next, winning six gold medals, or one per every 454,323 people.
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The most-successful country in the men's event is Hungary with five medals, three of them gold. Brazil, on the other hand, has never won. Since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the IOC has allowed professional players to participate.
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["Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won fifteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. ... ", 'There are eight male and two female athletes who have won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.']
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Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast, behind Belarus' Vitaly Scherbo (33 medals) and Russia's Larisa Latynina (32 medals).
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The USA Has Won the Most Medals The US have clearly won the most gold medals and the most medals overall, more than doubling the next ranked country (these figures include medals won in Rio 2016). Second placed USSR had fewer appearances at the Olympics, and actually won more medals on average (see the 2nd table).
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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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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters with 3 gold and 2 silver medals.
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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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Latynina has the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history, with 18. She won six medals in each Olympic Games that she competed in, winning the individual all-around titles in 1956 and 1960.
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Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine.
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Highlights of Great Britain's victory in the coxless four rowing event where Steve Redgrave won gold at his fifth consecutive Olympic games. Redgrave's gold was achieved along with his team of Tim Foster, James Cracknell and Matthew Pinsent, claiming victory for Great Britain.
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However, it is Russia (including the USSR) who have earned the most Olympic gold medals in volleyball — four each for both men and women.
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The United States has won a total of 31 medals in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics - 14 gold, seven silver, and 10 bronze medals.
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The United States has experienced great success in both Summer and Winter Olympic games, winning more total medals than any other nation.