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Most successful athlete in any sport (world titles)[edit]

In this table includes the medals in both individual and team events. In PaleGreen still active athletes.

Men
Category Sport Athlete Born Tot. Ref.
Bicycle racing Cycling (road) Switzerland Fabian Cancellara [1] 1981 4 0 3 7
Spain Óscar Freire 1976 3 0 1 4
Belgium Eddy Merckx 1945
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen 1924-2003
Italy Alfredo Binda 1902-1986
Cycling (track) France Arnaud Tournant 1978 14 3 2 19
BMX racing United States Randy Stumpfhauser 1977 4 5 3 12
Mountain bike racing France Julien Absalon 1980 4 1 1 6
Combat sports Boxing Cuba Félix Savón 1967 6 1 0 7
Judo Japan Naoya Ogawa 1968 4 0 3 7
Taekwondo United States Steven López 1978 5 0 0 5
Wrestling Russia Aleksandr Karelin [2] 1967 9 0 0 9
Motor sports Formula One Germany Michael Schumacher 1969 7 2 3 12
Motorboat racing Italy Guido Cappellini 1959 10 2 2 14 [3]
Motorcycle racing Italy Giacomo Agostini 1942 15 5 1 21
Motocross Belgium Stefan Everts 1972 10 4 1 13 [4]
Rallying France Sébastien Loeb 1974 8 1 0 9
Roller sports Inline speed skating United States Chad Hedrick 1977 50 14 4 68 [5]
Roller artistic skating Italy Roberto Riva 1986 10 1 0 11 [6]
Water sports Swimming United States Michael Phelps 1985 26 6 1 33
Diving United States Greg Louganis 1960 5 0 0 5
Canoe sprint Romania Ivan Patzaichin 1974 9 4 9 22
Rowing Italy Daniele Gilardoni 1976 11 1 1 13 [7]
Sailing Denmark Paul Elvstrøm 1928 11 2 2 15 [8]
Winter sports Alpine skiing Norway Kjetil André Aamodt 1971 5 4 3 12
Biathlon Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1974 18 11 9 38
Bobsleigh Italy Eugenio Monti 1928-2003 9 1 0 10 [9]
Skeleton Switzerland Gregor Stähli 1968 4 3 3 10
Luge Italy Armin Zöggeler 1974 6 5 5 16
Cross-country skiing Norway Bjørn Dæhlie 1967 10 5 4 19
Ski jumping Finland Janne Ahonen 1977 5 3 2 10
Nordic combined Norway Bjarte Engen Vik 1971 5 3 0 8 [10]
Freestyle skiing France Edgar Grospiron 1969 3 0 0 3
Snowboarding Canada Jasey Jay Anderson 1968 4 0 0 4
Figure skating Sweden Ulrich Salchow 1877-1949 11 3 0 14
Speed skating Netherlands Sven Kramer 1986 16 1 2 19 [11]
Short track speed skating South Korea Ahn Hyun-Soo 1985 20 11 4 35 [12][13]
Olympic sports Athletics United States Carl Lewis 1961 8 1 1 10 [14]
Archery United States Richard McKinney 1953 3 0 0 3
Artistic Gymnastics Belarus Vitaly Scherbo 1972 12 7 4 23
Badminton South Korea Park Joo-bong 1964 5 0 2 7
Equestrian Germany Reiner Klimke [15] 1936-1999 6 0 0 6 [16]
Fencing Hungary Aladár Gerevich 1910-1991 14 1 3 18
Shooting Switzerland Konrad Stäheli 1866-1931 41 17 10 67 [17]
Table tennis Hungary Victor Barna 1911-1972 22 7 12 41
Tennis [18] Czech Republic Ivan Lendl 1960 5 4 3 11
Triathlon United Kingdom Simon Lessing 1971 4 2 1 7
Weightlifting Bulgaria Naim Süleymanoğlu 1967 7 1 0 8
Team sports Baseball Cuba Pedro Luis Lazo 1973 7 2 0 3
Basketball Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić 1948-1995 2 2 0 4
Beach volleyball Brazil Emanuel Rego 1973 2 1 0 3
Curling Canada Randy Ferbey 1959 4 1 0 5
Field hockey Pakistan Akhtar Rasool 1954 3 1 0 4 [19]
Handball Romania Cornel Oțelea 1940 3 0 1 4
Ice Hockey Soviet Union Vladislav Tretiak 1914-1992 10 1 2 13
Soccer Brazil Pelè 1942 3 0 0 3
Volleyball Italy Marco Bracci
Italy Andrea Gardini
Italy Andrea Giani
Italy Ferdinando De Giorgi
1966
1965
1970
1961
3 0 0 0
Waterpolo Spain Salvador Gómez
Spain Jesús Rollán
1968
1968-2006
2 2 0 4

Multiple medallist[edit]

In this table the world championships and the olympics medals, only in the individual events.

Athlete Sport Born Olympics World Ch. Total Ref
Tot. Tot. Tot.
United States Chad Hedrick Inline speed skating 1994-2002 0 0 0 0 42 14 4 60 42 14 4 60 [20]
Switzerland Konrad Stäheli Shooting 1866-1931 1 0 1 2 21 13 8 42 22 13 9 44 [21]
Switzerland Karl Zimmermann Shooting 1894-1986 0 0 0 0 19 9 13 41 19 9 13 41
Italy Giacomo Agostini Motorcycle sport 1942 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 21 15 5 1 21
United States Michael Phelps Swimming 1985 10 0 1 11 15 5 0 20 25 5 1 31
South Korea Ahn Hyun-Soo Short track speed skating 1985 2 0 1 3 14 7 3 24 16 7 4 37
Spain Ángel Nieto Motorcycle sport 1942 0 0 0 0 13 4 3 20 13 4 3 20
Canada Marc Gagnon Short track speed skating 1975 1 0 2 3 12 7 4 23 13 7 6 26
Belarus Vitaly Scherbo Artistic gymnastics 1972 5 0 4 9 11 7 4 22 16 7 8 31
Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon 1974 4 3 1 8 11 4 7 22 15 8 8 31
China Li Jiajun Short track speed skating 1975 0 2 1 3 10 3 5 18 10 5 6 21

References[edit]

  1. ^ Time trial event.
  2. ^ Greco-Roman event.
  3. ^ "DAC Racing". class-1.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  4. ^ Stefan Everts
  5. ^ "In-line skating". archive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Figure Skating Senior World Championships - Roll of Honour" (PDF). rollersports.org. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Daniele Gilardon Biography". rowingone.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Paul Elvstrøm - Results". sailing.org. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  9. ^ Bobsleigh world championships multiple medallist
  10. ^ Nordic combined world championships multiple medallist
  11. ^ Are held three world championships.
  12. ^ Are held three world championships.
  13. ^ South Korean short track skater Ahn Hyun-Soo became the most successful skater in the short track at the World Championships
  14. ^ "Statistics Handbook - Daegu 2011: Part One, p1 to 185 (pdf)" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  15. ^ Dressage event.
  16. ^ "Reiner Klimke - Results". the-sports.org. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  17. ^ "Multi-Medalists Top 15" (PDF). issf-sports.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  18. ^ The master,which qualifies the tennis world ranking, is considered the World Championship of individual tennis.
  19. ^ "WORLD CUP DISTINCTIONS". phf.com.pk. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  20. ^ "In-line skating". archive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  21. ^ "Multi-Medalists (Top 40 individual, Top 15 individual and team)" (PDF). issf-sports.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

See also[edit]