Winning a medal for the country at the Olympics is the covered prize many sportsmen dream of. Doing it once is great. Doing it again is even better. Doing it again and again over four different Olympics is almost unthinkable.
American Michael Phelps did the unthinkable by collecting medal after medal over four Olympics – 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He finished with 28 medals in his Olympics swimming career – 23 gold, three silver and two bronze. That is more than what most countries have won through their Olympics history!
While the bulk of his victories did come in the first two editions that he participated in, he did win nine gold medals and three silver medals in the last decade. Considered by many as the greatest swimmer of all time, Phelps retired – for a second time – in 2016.
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