Olympics world record

Oscar Swahn-

won a gold medal at the age of 64 making him the oldest person to win a gold Olympic medal, and at the age of 72 he won a silver medal and was named the oldest person to compete and win an Olympic medal.

Gal Fridman-

 is the first Israeli who competed in the Olympics and won first place, thus winning a gold medal. He competed at the Windsurfing competition in Athens 2004.

Michael Fred Phelps II-

is the person who competed in the Olympics and won the highest number of medals in one year. In 2008 Michael won 8 Olympics medals at the Olympics in Beijing after breaking Mark Spitz’s record in 1972.

Larisa Semyonovna Latynina-

 was a Gymnastics gymnast, who won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals between 1956 and 1964. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast, male or female, with 9.

Charlotte Cooper-

became the first female athlete to win Olympic gold (first female Olympic champion) in an individual event after winning the women’s tennis singles title at Paris in 1900.

Marjorie Gestring-

is currently accepted as the youngest gold medalist in the Olympics, who won the springboard competition in 1936 at the age of 13.

Ágnes Keleti-

 is a retired Hungarian-Israeli Olympian and was given the title of oldest living Olympics champion and medalist after reaching the age of 100 in January 2021. While representing Hungary at the Olympics she won 5 gold medals, 3 silver ones and 2 bronze ones, and is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time.