Paris Olympics 2024: Ledecky Eyes More Glory - Check List Of Athletes With Double-Digit Medals

The 27-year-old Katie Ledecky is the only athlete from the list who will be participating in this year's edition in Paris. She has 10 medals including seven gold and three silver in swimming

Jagdish Yadav

Updated on: 26 July 2024 7:11 am

USA's ace swimmer Katie Ledecky under the water during swimming. Photo: X | Katie Ledecky

Winning an Olympic medal is a big thing in itself and winning it multiple times shows the sheer dominance in a sporting event. There are only 40 athletes in history to win the Olympic medals in double digits. (More Sports News)

Michael Phelps, the American ace swimmer and a record 23-time Olympic gold medallist, has the most Olympic medals - 28 including three silver and two bronze medals. USSR's Larisa Latynina is second on the list with a total of 18 medals in Gymnastics including nine gold, five silver and four bronze.

The 27-year-old Katie Ledecky is the only athlete from the list who will be participating in this year's edition in Paris. She has 10 medals including seven gold and three silver in Swimming.

Ledecky will be competing in her fourth Olympics and a prime contender for the gold medal in the women's freestyle category. The United States star is a favourite for the 800m and 1500m free, where she is both the reigning Olympic champion and World Record holder.

Katie Ledecky had already won gold medals in the 1500 freestyle and 400 freestyle to add to the 15 gold she had coming into the competition in Budapest. - null

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Here is the list of the Olympic (both summer and winter games) medal-winners in double-digits:

No.	Athlete	Country	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Michael Phelps	USA	Swimming	23	3	2	28
2	Larisa Latynina	USSR	Gymnastics	9	5	4	18
3	Marit Bjorgen	Norway	Cross-country Skiing	8	4	3	15
4	Nikolay Andrianov	USSR	Gymnastics	7	5	3	15
5	Ole Einar Bjorndalen	Norway	Biathlon, Cross-country Skiing	8	4	1	13
6	Boris Shakhlin	USSR	Gymnastics	7	4	2	13
7	Ireen Wust	Netherlands	Speed Skating	6	5	2	13
8	Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy	Fencing	6	5	2	13
9	Ono Takashi	Japan	Gymnastics	5	4	4	13
10	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Biathlon, Cross-country Skiing	9	3	0	12
11	Birgit Fischer	Germany	Kayaking	8	4	0	12
12	Bjorn Daehlie	Norway	Cross-country Skiing	8	4	0	12
13	Kato Sawao	Japan	Gymnastics	8	3	1	12
14	Jenny Thompson	USA	Swimming	8	3	1	12
15	Isabell Werth	Germany	equestrian	7	5	0	12
16	Ryan Lochte	USA	Swimming	6	3	3	12
17	Dara Torres	USA	Swimming	4	4	4	12
18	Alexei Nemov	Russia	Gymnastics	4	2	6	12
19	Natalie Coughlin	USA	Swimming	3	4	5	12
20	Mark Spitz	USA	Swimming	9	1	1	11
21	Matthew Biondi	USA	Swimming	8	2	1	11
22	Vera Caslavska	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	7	4	0	11
23	Viktor Chukarin	USSR	Gymnastics	7	3	1	11
24	Allyson Felix	USA	Track And Field	7	3	1	11
25	Carl Townsend Osburn	USA	Shooting	5	4	2	11
26	Emma McKeon	Australia	Swimming	5	2	4	11
27	Arianna Fontana	Italy	Speed Skating	2	4	5	11
28	Carl Lewis	USA	Track And Field	9	1	0	10
29	Katie Ledecky	USA	Swimming	7	3	0	10
30	Aladar Gerevich	Hungary	Fencing	7	1	2	10
31	Nakayama Akinori	Japan	Gymnastics	6	2	2	10
32	Vitaly Scherbo	Belarus	Gymnastics	6	0	4	10
33	Agnes Keleti	Hungary	Gymnastics	5	3	2	10
34	Gary Hall, Jr.	USA	Swimming	5	3	2	10
35	Polina Astakhova	USSR	Gymnastics	5	2	3	10
36	Raisa Smetanina	USSR	Cross-country Skiing	4	5	1	10
37	Allison Schmitt	USA	Swimming	4	3	3	10
38	Aleksandr Dityatin	USSR	Gymnastics	3	6	1	10
39	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	Cross-country Skiing	2	3	5	10
40	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	Swimming	0	4	6	10

Franziska van Almsick is the only athlete from the list who failed to win a gold medal. The former German swimmer has won four silver and six bronze medals in the Olympics.