Top medal winner in the Olympic History

Michael Phelps

The primary aim of most Olympic Games athletes is to win a gold medal, though winning any medal is a great achievement for most of them. Do you know who is Michael Phelps? Michael Phelps is the most Olympic golds and most medals in total. Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer and highest gold winner in Olympics. He is 18-time Olympic gold medalist, who currently holds seven world records in swimming. He is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (18, double the second highest record holders), Olympic gold medals in individual events (11), and Olympic medals in individual events for a male (13). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record for the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. Five of those victories were in individual events, tying the single Games record. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, making him the most successful athlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row.