michael phelps got the most medals in the 2016 olympics.
what athlete got the most medals in the 2016 olympics?
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 decorated russian females are svetlana khorkina, who won a total of seven medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004. and aliya mustafina, who won four medals at the 2012 olympics and three medals at the 2016 olympics for a total of 7 medals. mustafina is the first russian gymnast to defend two medals at consecutive games, she won bronze in all around and gold in uneven bars at 2012 as well as the 2016 summer olympics. elena zamolodchikova won four medals at the 2000 and 2004 olympics. and maria paseka won four medals too at the 2012 and 2016 olympics. at the 2008 summer olympics, the russian women did not win any medals.
list of olympic female gymnasts for russia