<P> The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny , who have won six gold ( and one silver ) medals each in track cycling ; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals - fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins , and Sir Steve Redgrave , who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing , a record for an endurance event . Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie jointly holds the Great Britain record for most individual Olympic gold medals with Chris Hoy and Mo Farah with four , and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals ( in the Men 's Finn class sailing event 2004 - 2012 ) - again shared with Jason Kenny ( men 's team sprint 2008 - 2016 ) and Steve Redgrave ( men 's coxless pair 1988 - 96 ) . Sir Chris Hoy holds the record for gold medals in different events , having reached the top step in four different disciplines - men 's kilo , men 's team sprint , men 's match sprint and men 's kierin . </P>
<P> The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny , who have won six gold ( and one silver ) medals each in track cycling ; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals - fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins , and Sir Steve Redgrave , who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing , a record for an endurance event . Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie jointly holds the Great Britain record for most individual Olympic gold medals with Chris Hoy and Mo Farah with four , and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals ( in the Men 's Finn class sailing event 2004 - 2012 ) - again shared with Jason Kenny ( men 's team sprint 2008 - 2016 ) and Steve Redgrave ( men 's coxless pair 1988 - 96 ) . Sir Chris Hoy holds the record for gold medals in different events , having reached the top step in four different disciplines - men 's kilo , men 's team sprint , men 's match sprint and men 's kierin . </P>
who has won the most olympic medals for great britain
who has won the most olympic medals for great britain
Sir Chris Hoy Jason Kenny
Sir Chris Hoy Jason Kenny