For many athletes, the Olympiad is a peak of a career, after which it remains only to rest on the laurels and share experiences with the younger generation. However, selected athletes managed to collect will be in a fist, continue training and successfully perform on several games. Athletes with a lot of medals of the Olympics in different years - in the material 24cm.
Michael Phelps
The phenomenon of American swimmer Michael Phelps is trying to solve so far, although the athlete completed his career after the Olympics in Rio. "Flying fish" and "Baltimory bullet", as the name of their idols, came to sports to cope with hyperactivity, and for a long time was afraid to swim on his stomach, preferring a crown on his back.Olympic debut Phelps took place in 15 years in Sydney. Then, at a distance of 200 meters, Batterfly, swimmer became only fifth. Modest achievements did not stop the ambitious young man. At the games in Athens, Michael has already managed to conquer the pedestal and became the leader on the track in 200 and 400 meters by complex swimming, as well as floating 100 and 200 meters by Batterfly, passing the bronze in a free style.
The most productive were the games in Beijing. Phelps showed himself the best butterfly, 200 and 400 meters by integrated swimming, as well as in the team competition on the relay. And in London, Michael cooked by the number of Olympic awards Larisa Latynina, who retained the championship of 48 years.
The Final Olympics showed that the swimmer's resource is not exhausted. The athlete brought the team of 5 gold awards to the piggy bank and completed his career, remaining invincible champion. In total, the swimmer 28 medals, of which 23 - the highest dignity.
Larisa Latynina
Three Olympiads were a sports gymnast in Larisa Latynin, which turned out to be a record holder as awarded until 2012. 9 golden, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals brought a Soviet athlete to the country's piggy bank.
The presentation in the Melbourne of 1956 ended with 4 high-sample awards, as well as silver on bars and bronze in group competitions. On the games in Rome, the gymnast came in the status of Mom. The childbirth did not prevent the sport career, and Latin became the best in all-around and free exercises, as well as team competition, 2nd - on the bars and the log and 3rd - in the support jump.
The final gold medal in Latynin's career won on free exercises in Tokyo in 1964. Athlete ended at 32 years old and immediately switched to coaching work, and the participants of the USSR national team under the leadership of Latin took another 10 more Olympic higher dignity awards.
Nikolai Andrianov
Best Athlete USSR 1976 Nikolai Andrianov at the Olympics won 15 awards , Of which 7 gold in different years, although at the dawn career it was characterized as a gymnast with average abilities.Andrianov declared about themselves at the 1971 European Championships, a few months before Munich, when the coach of the Japanese team, which was leading at that time, described the young man as a "dangerous guy."
Words turned out to be prophetic. At the 1972 games in Munich, Andrianov helped the Soviet team to knock out the Japanese national team on the 2nd place and brought gold to the film in free exercises, surprising by judges with pyruetics and deposited flips, as well as silver in command conversions and bronze in the support jump.
After 4 years in Montreal, the athlete can conquer another 4 gold in the all-around, in free exercises, on the rings and in the support jump. However, the potential in Canada was not fully disclosed, because I was waiting for the "home" Olympiad in Moscow.
The program maximum gymnast fulfilled in the 1980s. The USSR team beat Japanese athletes in the team championship, and Andrianov added to the triumph of Soviet gymnasts, the Olympic Award of Higher Dignity on the Support Jump and 3 prizes.
In the 90s Andrianov left to train Japanese athletes. The student of the Russian gymnast Nao Tsukhara also became the champion of games in 2004.
Marit Bjorgen
Skier Marit Bjorgen completed his career on April 7, 2018. The most titled athlete of the world in the history of the Winter Olympics became the owner of 15 awards, 8 of which - gold . The greatest skier from Norway contest 2002 and 2006 spent modestly, limiting silver in the relay race and on the highway at 10 km by classic.
The starry hour Marit came in 2010 in Vancouver, when 5 medals were in the achievements of the athlete, 3 of which allowed us to climb the top step of the pedestal. For such success, Bjorgen flew off the charge in doping, since in 2009 the Norwegian skier was diagnosed with "asthma of physical stress" and added a forbidden drug to therapeutic exception.
The team of researchers from Norway rose on the side of the athlete and found out that Borgen spent on worrying endurance, speed and strength a tremendous amount of time. "I have always been very strong, larger and stronger than peers, here I had a distinct advantage. In addition, I, perhaps, the high pain threshold, "the skier admitted in an interview and added that 10% in her career could be left to the talent, as much as luck, and the rest was training.
On his 5th Olympiad in Pyonchhan, the Norwegian skier won 2 gold - in the relay and on the highway 30 km, accelerating 23 km to the finish, received another 3 prizes and left the sport with proudly raised head.
Ule-Einar Bjorndalen
National Bjorgen, the most titled biathlonist Ule-Einar Bjorndalen, won 13 Olympic medals, 8 of whom are the highest dignity . The King of Biathlon managed to win 4 out of 4 victories in winter games in Salt Lake City, held in 2002.The only absolute Biathlon Olympic champion performed on 5 games, but the main thing is the first gold of 1998. "I can succeed at any distance if I have a good day," said the press of biathlonist.
Bjorndalen completed his career after 40 years, when he admitted that he could no longer be fighting at the limit, but remained a hero of the era.
Paavo Nurmi
On the 6th line of the rating of athletes with a large number of medals, the Olympiad was the runner of Paavo Nurmi, who became the source of the systematics of the training process and was in many ways ahead of his time.
"Future Finn", as the name of Athlete Contemporaries, the first Olympic race in 1920 lost to the Frenchman Joseph Giyemo. This defeat, he could not forgive himself because of a tactical mistake. Although without medals, he then did not stay and won the highest award at a distance of 10 thousand meters, in an individual and team cross for 8 thousand meters.
Star hour Paavo arrived in Paris, four years later. The athlete was released at 1500 and 5 thousand meters, when less than two hours passed between the races, which is not enough to recover. Both are steel for a runner of victorious.
The next Olympics in Amsterdam brought Nurmi gold at a distance of 10 thousand meters. And in the qualifying race for 3 thousand meters of Paavo fell as a face in the dirt. Frenchman Lucien Dükesn helped the opponent, and as a sign of gratitude, Finn passed the rest next to the colleague. Silver turned out to be the last in the career of the legendary Finn.
In 1932, Paavo Nurme feverly disqualified due to making money on a run. Career athlete 9 gold and 3 silver medals What was considered the best result in the Olympic rating of almost half a century. In 1964, the leadership of the awards passed to Larisa Latin.
Björne Delhi
Success to the eight-time Olympic champion and best skier of the 20th century Björn Delhi came through sports standards late, in 24 years. The secret of success on the skiing Delhi called natural data that was removed 25%, and the rest is hard work.He spent his debut games at the audience tribune, because he was never released on the track. And in 1992, in Alberville, he had already become a hero of the Olympics, winning 3 gold and silver. Two years later, in Lillehammer, he drew twice to the upper step of the pedestal and became second twice.
And in 1998 in Nagano Delhi repeated his first success on the games and brought to the piggy bank of the 3 victory team and the prize. Total Bjørn won on 8 distances and became a silver medalist four times.
A year later, after the injury of his back, Delhi completed his career and began to make the creation of sports equipment under his own brand.
Birgit Fisher
On the 8th line in the ranking of athletes with a large number of medals of the Olympiad, Birgit Fisher, who also 8 gold and 4 silver awards . Fisher spoke in rowing on kayaks.
Birgit won its first Olympic award in Moscow competitions, and the final in the career of the highest dignity medal - 24 years later in Athens. All six Olympiads in which the athlete participated, brought her gold.
Birgit became the youngest and age winner of the Olympiad in this sport and the only woman in the history of the Games, which conquered medals for 24 years.
Savao Kato
8 Olympic victories brought in the piggy bank of the Japan national gymnast Savao Kato. The titled Asian athlete became three times the leader in command contests. In different years, Savao brought 8 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.
Kato performed on the three main games of the century - in Mexico City, Munich, Montreal. In 1976 he gave way to Nikolay Andrianov in the personal all-around, but he first graduated from the team. His ridge became the bars with whom he completed the contest in Montreal.
Jenny Thompson
American swimmer Jenny Thompson also turned out to be an athlete with a large number of medals at the Olympics obtained on the relay. In the career Thompson 12 awards, of which 8 gold in relaxation, 3 silver and 1 bronze reward.
In 1996, in Atlanta in the final performances of the combined relay, the 4x100 did not participate, but went to preliminary swims and the winner of the Olympiad also became preliminary swims. The personal championship for Jenny passed less successfully, and the corona distance brought only silver in 1992 in Barcelona and Bronze in 2000 in Sydney.