Winning an Olympic medal is the ultimate dream for any athlete. Athletes put in years of dedication and hard work to soak in the Olympic glory. The biggest sporting event has produced legends and global icons in the field of sports.
Here are the most successful athletes in the history of the Summer Olympics.
Michael Phelps- USA
US swimmer Michael Phelps is the most successful Olympian in the history of the Olympics. The legend boasts of 28 Olympic medals he earned in his swimming career. Phelps holds the record of winning the most number of gold medals in Olympics. He has 23 Olympic gold medals from five Summer Games: Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016). He has three silver and two bronze medals. He won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The American holds the record for most gold medals in individual events and most medals in individual events.
Larisa Latynina– Soviet Union
Larisa Latynina, an artistic gymnast from the Soviet Union won nine gold medals in the Olympic Summer Games. During her Olympic outing between 1956 and 1964, Latynina won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. Apart from the nine golds, her medal cabinet has five silver medals and four bronze medals from the Olympics. Latynina held the record of being the most decorated athlete in the history of Summer Olympics for 40 years until Phelps took over her.
Nikolay Andrianov– Soviet/Russia
Nikolay Andrianov has 15 Olympic medals in his medal cabinet. The gymnast from Soviet Russia has seven gold medals, five silver and three bronze medals from Summer Games. Andrianov featured at three Olympic Games: 1972 Munich Olympics, 1976 Montreal Games and 1980 Moscow Games. Andrianov won most medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics with 6 individual medals and one team medal. Within the event of Artistic Gymnastics, he holds the men’s record for most individual Olympic medals at 12. He is the third of the most successful Olympians of all time.
Boris Shakhlin– Soviet Union
Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union won 13 medals in the Summer Olympics to become one of the most successful Olympians. He made his Olympic debut in 1956 in Melbourne and featured in the next two editions in 1960 Rome Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His medal cabinet is filled with seven gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze from Summer Olympics. He was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics .
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Edoardo Mangiarotti- Italy
Edoardo Mangiarotti from Italy won 13 Olympic medals in total in fencing. He featured in five Summer Olympic Games between 1936 and 1960 winning six gold medals, five silver medals, and two bronze medals. He is the most decorated fencer in the history of the Summer Olympics.
