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Larisa latynina

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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina  ( Ukrainian :  Лариса Семенівна Латиніна , Russian:  Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина ; née  Diriy ; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast from  southern Ukraine . Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14  individual Olympic medals  and four team medals. She holds the record for the most Olympic  gold medals  by a gymnast, male or female, with 9. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years. She held the record for individual event medals with 14 for 52 years. She is credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics. [2
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Independent Olympic participants

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The nation first sent a team to the  Summer Olympic Games  in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several  Winter Olympic Games  beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 28 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time,  India national field hockey team  was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1920 and 1980. The run included 8 gold medals total and six successive gold medals from 1928–1956.
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Michael phelp

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Michael Fred Phelps II [5]  (born June 30, 1985) [6]  is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and  most decorated Olympian of all time , [7]  with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for  Olympic gold medals  (23), [8]   Olympic gold medals in individual events  (13), and  Olympic medals in individual events  (16). [9]  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 ...
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An  Olympic medal  is awarded to successful competitors at one of the  Olympic Games . There are three classes of  medal :  gold , awarded to the winner;  silver , awarded to the 1st runner-up; and  bronze , awarded to the second runner-up. The granting of  awards  is laid out in detail in the Olympic protocols.
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The nation first sent a team to the  Summer Olympic Games  in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several  Winter Olympic Games  beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 28 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time,  India national field hockey team  was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1920 and 1980. The run included 8 gold medals total and six successive gold medals from 1928–1956.
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