Winter Olympics

The competitor with the greatest number of medals to his name is Björn Daehlie of Norway, who won 12 medals in total, 8 gold and 4 silver in the cross-country events. He is followed by fellow cross-country skiers Raisa Smetanina of Russia with 10 medals and Sixten Jernberg of Sweden with 9. Speed skater Eric Heiden won five golds in speed skating at the Lake Placid Games of 1980 and Bonnie Blair won three gold medals in consecutive games at the same event—the 500 m. The first alpine skier to take four medals at a single Games was Janica Kostelić of Croatia who won three golds (the slalom, the combined, and the giant slalom) and one silver (Super-G) at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Previously, Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy had held the record with three golds apiece.