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Which country has the most female Olympic medals?

Which country has the most female Olympic medals?

Countries With The Most Female Olympic Gymnastic Gold Medals

Rank Country Female Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Gold Medals
1 USSR and Russia 37
2 Romania 22
3 United States 10
4 Czechoslovakia 9

Which American female athlete has won the most Olympic medals?

Allyson Felix becomes most decorated U.S. track athlete in Olympic history with 11 medals. With the United States’ 4×400 women’s relay gold medal win on Saturday, Allyson Felix broke Carl Lewis’ record becomes the most decorated U.S. track athlete in Olympic history.

Who is the only female track and field athlete?

Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix is an American sprinter who competes in the 1oo meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She is the only female track and field athlete to ever win six Olympic golds, and her nine total medals ties her for the most by any all time.

What female athlete has the most medals of all time?

Incredibly, 23 of them are gold medals, which is also the record for most Olympic golds won by a male athlete. Among the women, former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, with 18 Olympic medals, is the most successful female Olympian. Nine of those were gold, a record for most golds by a female athlete at the Olympics.

Who was the first female Olympian?

Hélène de Pourtalès
Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.

What’s the record for most gold medals by a female athlete?

Incredibly, 23 of them are gold medals, which is also the record for most Olympic golds won by a male athlete. Among the women, former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, with 18 Olympic medals, is the most successful female Olympian. Nine of those were gold, a record for most golds by a female athlete at the Olympics.

Who is the most successful female Olympian of all time?

Among the women, former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, with 18 Olympic medals, is the most successful female Olympian. Nine of those were gold, a record for most golds by a female athlete at the Olympics.

Who is the best female gymnast in the world?

In three Summer Olympics, from 1960 to 1968, the gymnast won seven gold medals and four silver medals. The Dutch are known for speed skating, and Wust is the best female of all in that country, earning five gold medals, five silver medals and a bronze medal in four Olympics from 2006 to 2018.

Are there any female athletes in the Olympics?

But there are so many highly decorated female Olympians, too. In honor of Monday being International Women’s Day and this being a pandemic-delayed Olympic year with the Summer Olympics now scheduled to take place in Tokyo in a few months, we rounded up a list of the female athletes who have won the most medals at the Games.