Who has become the most Olympic champion. The oldest Olympic champions in the world

All the gold medals of Russia at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Which of the Russians became the Olympic champion in Rio.

Despite the fact that Russia was unable to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in full force due to the disqualification of a number of strong athletes in athletics and weightlifting, shooting, swimming, rowing and a number of other sports, nevertheless Russians more than adequately showed themselves at the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

The Russian fencers performed especially well, bringing 4 (!) gold medals to the national team. Judoists, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers, synchronized swimmers and representatives of rhythmic gymnastics also distinguished themselves.

Pleasant surprises were presented to Russian fans by tennis players, handball players and a representative of Russia in the modern pentathlon. So, let's remember all the Olympic champions of Rio de Janeiro, who climbed to the highest step of the podium, in whose honor the Russian anthem was played.

He brought Russia the first gold at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, having won a landslide victory in the finals of the judo tournament in the weight category up to 60 kilograms. In the decisive fight, a 30-year-old judoka from Russia defeated Yeldos Smetov from Kazakhstan.

Won gold medal Olympics in Rio in saber fencing, defeating the eminent compatriot Sofia Velikaya in the final with a score of 14-15.

He became the Olympic champion of Rio in judo in the category up to 81 kg. In the final, he won a clear victory over the American Travis Stevens.

Became Olympic champion Rio in foil fencing. In the final, in a stubborn duel, she showed the will to win and, losing three injections, nevertheless snatched the victory from the Italian Elisa di Francesca 12:11.

Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin and Timur Safin won Olympic gold in the team tournament in foil fencing. In the final, Russian fencers defeated the representatives of France with a score of 45:41.

Sofia Velikaya, Yana Egoryan and Yulia Gavrilova won gold in the team tournament in women's saber fencing. In the final, the representatives of Russia defeated the Ukrainian team with a score of 45:30.

They won gold in tennis in doubles, beating Swiss players Tima Bachinsky and Martina Hingis in two sets 6:4 and 6:4 in the final.

Became the champion of the 2016 Olympics in gymnastics, winning in exercises on uneven bars.

He became the Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the weight category up to 75 kilograms. In the final fight in the category up to 75 kg, he defeated the Dane Mark Madsen with a score of 3:1.

He became the Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the weight up to 85 kg, defeating Ukrainian Jean Beleniuk 9:2 in the final with a big advantage.

He won Rio gold in boxing in the weight category up to 91 kilograms. In a tense final, he defeated Kazakh Vasily Levit 3:0 (29-28 by unanimous decision of all judges).

They won the gold of the Olympics in synchronized swimming in the duet competition, leaving all their competitors far behind.

Won the gold medal of the Olympics in group competitions. Vlada Chigireva, Natalya Ishchenko, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Gelena Topilina, Elena Prokofieva became Olympic champions.

She defeated the French team in the final match with a score of 22:19 and won the gold of the Olympics. The champions of the games were: Olga Akopyan, Irina Bliznova, Vladlena Bobrovnikova, Anna Vyakhireva, Daria Dmitrieva, Tatyana Erokhina, Victoria Zhilinskaite, Ekaterina Ilyina, Victoria Kalinina, Polina Kuznetsova, Ekaterina Marennikova, Maya Petrova, Anna Sedoikina, Anna Sen and Marina Sudakova. Coach - Evgeny Trefilov.

She won the individual all-around competition in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics.

Won gold in Rio in freestyle wrestling competitions in the category up to 86 kilograms. In the final, he confidently defeated the Turkish wrestler Selim Yashar with a score of 5:0.

Won Olympic gold in modern pentathlon. In the course of the competition, he set an Olympic record in pentathlon fencing, gaining 268 points in this form.

18. Rhythmic gymnastics team won gold medals in the group competition. Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasia Tatareva and Vera Biryukova became Olympic champions.

He became the Olympic champion of Rio, defeating Azerbaijani Togrul Asgarov in the final in the category up to 65 kg with a score of 11:0.

Which of the Russians won silver and bronze medals in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the full medal standings of the 2016 Olympics, can be viewed.

Nearly three years have passed since the last blog post, but only now is the time to resume research on the most titled athletes in different types sports. I hope that this time different life circumstances will not interfere with me, and new materials will appear regularly. And to begin with, I will consider the sport that I stopped at - cross-country skiing, namely their female part.

When compiling the ranking, titles won only at the most prestigious competitions in the world of cross-country skiing - the Olympic Games and World Championships, as well as victories in the overall World Cup standings will be taken into account. Taking into account the different levels of difficulty and prestige of the above tournaments, each achievement of the athletes will be "judged" by points in accordance with the following system:

1st, 2nd, 3rd places at the Olympiad will cost 10, 8, 5 points respectively;

Victory in the overall standings of the World Cup - 10 points;

1st, 2nd, 3rd places at the World Championship - 5, 4, 2 points.

For the victory in both the individual race and the team race, the same number of points is awarded. I'll explain why. The rating is compiled solely according to the formal criterion - by the number of titles earned by athletes throughout their careers. And the title in Africa is also the title, regardless of the race in which it is won.

Well, now let's get started!

10. Marya-Liisa Kirvesniemi (Finland)

Olympic Games: 3-time champion of Sarajevo-84 and 4-time bronze medalist (Sarajevo-84, Clagary-88 and 2 medals of Lillehammer-92).

World Championship: 3 times winner (1978, 2-1989) and 5 times won silver medals (2-1985, 1989, 1991, 1993).

World Cup: 2 overall victories in 82/83 and 83/84 seasons.

Total: 105 points.

Our rating is opened by a native of Suomi, an example of amazing sports longevity, a participant in 6 (six !!!) Winter Olympics, Marya-Liisa Kirvesniemi. For almost twenty years, the Finn has been among the elite of world racing, having won all kinds of trophies. The peak of her glorious career was the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, where the great skier became the absolute champion, winning all individual races and participating in the "bronze" relay. In 1994, Kirvesniemi made Finnish history by becoming the first female flag bearer for a Finnish team at the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

9. Justina Kowalczyk (Poland)

Olympic Games: 2-time Olympic champion (Vancouver-2010 and Sochi-2014), Vancouver silver medalist and 2-time bronze medalist (Turin-2006, Vancouver-2010).

World Championship: 2-time winner of Liberec-2009, 3-time silver medalist (2-2011, 2013), 3rd place three times (2009, 2011, 2015).

World Cup: 4 times winner (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012/2013).

Total: 106 points.

On the 9th place is the charming, chic, amazing, brilliant Justina Kovalchik! By epithets, you may have already understood this, but I will still say that the Polish champion is one of my favorite athletes in the world of sports in general, and not just in skiing. Her fighting spirit and will to win, which Yustina Kowalczyk demonstrates always and everywhere, cannot but arouse admiration. What is worth only a gold medal in the 30-kilometer race in Sochi, won with a broken leg! Plus to all this and a whole scattering of titles, the queen of skiing from Poland is just beautiful woman always pleasing to the male eye.

8. Bente Skari (Norway)

Olympic Games: 2002 Salt Lake City champion, 2x silver medalist (1998, 2002) and 2x bronze medalist (1998, 2002).

World Championship: 5-time winner (1999, 2-2001, 2-2003), 2-time silver medalist (1997, 2001).

World Cup: 4 times finished the season in first place (1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2001/2002, 2002/2003).

Total: 109 points.

The representative of Norway Bente Skary continues the rating. In the late nineties and early 2000s, she was one of the leaders in women's cross-country skiing, winning four World Cups, several gold medals at the World Championships, and in 2002 crowned an excellent career with a victory in the 10-kilometer classic in Olympic Salt Lake. Skari is the first Norwegian world-class star, who to a certain extent contributed to the start of the dominance of the Norwegian team in women's skiing in the last decade. Interesting fact- Bente Skari and her father, 1968 Olympic champion Odd Martinsen, are the only parent and child to have been awarded the Holmenkollen medal, the highest recognition of the contribution of athletes to Norwegian skiing.

7. Galina Kulakova (USSR)

Olympic Games: 4-time champion (3 - Sapporo-1972, 1 - Innsbruck-1976), 2-time silver medalist (1968, 1980), 2-time bronze medalist (1968, 1976).

World Championship: 5-time winner (2-1970, 3-1974), 2-time silver medalist (1978, 1980), 3-time bronze medalist (1970, 1978, 1982).

World Cup: 1st place in the 1978/1979 season.

Total: 115 points.

The absolute champion of the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, the absolute world champion of 1974 in Falun, the winner of the first World Cup in history, the holder of the Silver Olympic Order, and finally, the best athlete of the 20th century in my native Udmurt Republic! And this is not a complete list of achievements and regalia of the great Galina Alekseevna Kulakova, who tore everyone on the track in the 70s. On the way to the status of a legend, even the severest injury received in 1970 did not interfere, due to which Galina Alekseevna was forced to literally learn to walk again. Demonstrating incredible perseverance and diligence, Kulakova recovered in a record short time and at the World Championship in Vysoké Tatry she showed who is the strongest racer of the generation, having won two "golds" and a bronze medal.

6. Lyubov Egorova (USSR, Russian Federation)

Olympic Games: 6 times gold medalist (3 in Albertville 1992 and 3 in Lillehammer 1994), 3 times silver medalist (2-1992, 1994).

World Championship: 3-time champion (2-1991, 1993), silver medalist and 2-time bronze medalist at the 1993 World Cup.

World Cup: winner of the 1992/1993 season.

Total: 117 points.

On the sixth line of the rating is Lyubov Egorova. Egorova, along with Marit Björgen, which will be discussed a little lower, and the legendary skater Lydia Skoblikova, holds the record for the number of gold medals won at the Winter Olympics among women, of which she has accumulated as many as 6 pieces. In the first half of the 90s, she competed on equal terms with perhaps the greatest skier in history, Elena Vyalbe, and not only imposed a fight, but regularly beat her at the most important starts.

5. Stefania Belmondo (Italy)

Olympic Games: 2-time winner (Alberville 1992, Salt Lake City 2002), 3-time silver medalist (1992, 1998, 2002), 5-time bronze medalist (1992, 2-1994, 1998, 2002 ).

World Championship: 4-time champion (2-1993, 2-1999), 7-time silver medalist (1991, 1993, 4-1997, 1999), 2-time bronze medalist (1991, 2001).

Total: 121 points.

Fifth place is occupied by the only Italian in the ranking, Stefania Belmondo. Fifteen years ago, in Salt Lake City, the first Olympics were held, which I consciously watched from and to. And most of all, I remember not the absolute dominance of Bjoerndalen, not the battle of Plushenko vs Yagudin, not the victories of Chepalova, Pyleva and Ivanov, but a furious little woman who snatched the gold medal from our Larisa Lazutina in the last meters. This little woman was Stefania Belmondo, the first Italian skier - world champion and the first Italian - Olympic champion. Looking at this miniature skier (Belmondo's height is 155 cm), you don't even suspect what fortitude she possesses. During her career, she overcame severe injuries, and 4 consecutive defeats from Elena Vyalbe at the 1997 World Cup in Trondheim, and the usual bad luck. Even the Salt Lake 15 km I remember is also a story of overcoming, because it started with a broken stick and more than two minutes behind the leaders, and ended in an impressive triumph.

4. Raisa Smetanina (USSR)

Olympic Games: 4-time champion (2 - Innsbruck-1976, Lake Placid-1980 and Albertville-1992), 5-time winner of silver medals (1976, 1980, 2-1984, 1988), bronze medalist of Calagari-1988.

World Championship: 4-time winner (1974, 1982, 1985, 1991), 4-time silver medalist (2-1978, 1982, 1989), 4 times climbed to the third step of the podium (1974, 2-1978, 1980).

World Cup: 1st place in the 1980/1981 season.

Total: 139 points.

Raisa Petrovna Smetanina, the legend of the Soviet and world skiing, was one step away from the top three winners. A native of the Komi Republic early childhood she ran skiing, and as a result, by the end of her career, she ran into 10 Olympic medals of various denominations. At the Winter Olympics, only the great Norwegians, the winners of the two previous ratings, Bjorn Daly and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, won more awards. Among women, Smetanina still holds the palm for this indicator, sharing the record only with the previous heroine of the rating, Stefania Belmondo and the great Marit Björgen. Raisa Petrovna competed on the highest level for a decade and a half, having won his last Olympic gold medal a few days before his 40th birthday, which is also a record figure.

3. Larisa Lazutina (USSR, Russian Federation)

Olympic Games: 5-time winner (Alberville-1992, Lillehammer-1994, 3 - Nagano-1998), as well as silver and bronze medalist of Nagano-1998.

World Championship: 11-time champion (1987, 2-1993, 4-1995, 1997, 2-1999, 2001), Falun 1993 silver medalist, 2-time bronze medalist (1987, 2001).

World Cup: 2-time winner in the 1989/1990 and 1997/1998 seasons.

Total: 146 points.

The top three of our rating is opened by another representative of the golden era of Russian ski racing Larisa Evgenievna Lazutina. In the 90s of the last century, she shone on a par with her friends in the Russian national team Lyubov Egorova and Elena Vyalba, winning medals at almost every major start. Lazutina was especially successful at the 1995 World Championships in Thunder Bay and the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, where she collected an impressive collection of medals. Unfortunately, the end of the great skier's career was marked by a doping scandal that erupted at the Salt Lake Olympics, as a result of which she was deprived of the 30-kilometer gold and two silver medals.

2. Elena Vyalbe (USSR, Russian Federation)

Olympic Games: 3-time champion (Alberville-1992, Lillehammer-1994, Nagano-1998), 4-time bronze medalist (4 - Albertville-1992).

World Championship: 14 times winner (2-1989, 3-1991, 2-1993, 2-1995, 5-1997), 3-time silver medalist (1989, 1991, 1995).

World Cup: 5 times excelled in the overall standings following the results of the seasons 1988/1989, 1990/1991, 1991/1992, 1994/1995, 1996/1997.

Total: 182 points.

The second place in the ranking is occupied by the best, according to many authoritative experts, skier in history Elena Valerievna Vyalbe. The 90s in the world of women's cross-country skiing are called the "epoch of Vyalbe", because the dominance of our legendary compatriot was obvious. 5 World Cups (a record by the way), 14 victories at the World Championships, including an absolute victory in 1997 in Trondheim with five gold medals, and the recognition of greatness by the world ski community speak for themselves about Elena Valerievna's career. The only thing Vyalba can regret is the lack of personal Olympic gold medals. Somehow, the great skier did not have a relationship with the Olympics due to a truly fatal bad luck, judge for yourself: she misses Calgary 1988 because of the birth of her son, wins 4 bronze medals in Albertville, Lillehammer 1994 turns out to be blurred due to an illness she suffered the day before and the same scourge haunts her in Nagano 1998. Some kind of bad rock! But even despite the absence of personal Olympic victories, Elena Vyalbe is a legend in cross-country skiing, and this is undeniable.

1. Marit Bjørgen (Norway)

Olympic Games: 6-time champion (3 - Vancouver-2010, 3 - Sochi-2014), 3-time silver medalist (Salt Lake City-2002, Turin-2006, Vancouver-2010), winner of the Vancouver-2010 bronze medal .

World Championship: 15 times winner (2003, 3-2005, 4-2011, 4-2013, 2-2015, 2017), 5 times silver medalist (2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015), 3 times bronze medalist (2005, 2-2007).

Points: 101.

World Cup: 4 wins in the seasons 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2011/2012, 2014/2015.

Total: 230 points.

The most titled skier in history is the great Norwegian Marit Bjørgen! Björgen for sure best racer last decade, just a few days ago, set a stunning record, becoming the world champion for the 15th (fifteenth !!!) time in her career. She also holds the record among women for the number of medals won at the Winter Olympics (10, along with Raisa Smetanina and Stefania Belmondo), for the number of Olympic gold medals (6, along with Lyubov Egorova and Lydia Skoblikova), as well as for the number of stage victories. World Cup (107), both among women and men! Actually, all of the above achievements speak for themselves, and I have nothing more to add to them, except that, to further strengthen the legendary status, Marit Bjørgen herself will replenish her already impressive collection with a couple of titles at the World Ski Racing Championship currently taking place in Lahti .

P.S. Since I'm done with cross country skiing with this post, I'm interested to hear readers' suggestions for the next sport to explore. Write them in the comments, do not be shy.

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Representatives Russian Empire also participated in the international Olympic Movement, however, the first national team of our country performed for the first time only at the 5th Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912.

It is worth noting that Russian athletes nevertheless performed at the 4th Olympic Games in London in 1908. At that time, the country did not have its own Olympic Committee, so 8 people went to the Olympics in individually, they performed in figure skating, cycling, athletics and wrestling. Nikolai Alexandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin became the first Olympic champion in Russia, having won gold in figure skating, performing special ones. Two silver medals in wrestling were then received by Nikolai Orlov in the weight category up to 66.6 kg and Alexander Petrov in the category over 93 kg.

Talent and skill Russian athletes immediately attracted a lot of attention from the public. In March 1911, the National Olympic Committee in Russia was created, and the State Councilor Sreznevsky Vyacheslav Izmailovich became its chairman.

Despite the fact that the Stockholm Olympics were somewhat unsuccessful (Russia shared 15th place with Austria in the team event), it had a huge impact on the development of Russian sports.

The modern Olympic team of the Russian Federation is one of the most numerous. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Russia was represented by 175 athletes, of which 51 were Honored Masters of Sports, 72 were International Masters of Sports, 41 were Masters of Sports, 10 were Candidate Masters, and 1 was a first-class athlete.

Among the most titled athletes of the national team, biathlete Olga Zaitseva, master of sports international class. She is an Olympic Turin (2006), world champion (Hochfilzen, 2005), she has 6 wins at the World Cup, and in 2009 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Another honored master of sports in biathlon is Ivan Cherezov. He is the silver medalist of the World Junior Championships in 2000 and the World Universiade in 2001, he also took silver at the Olympics in Turin and later (in 2005, 2007 and 2008) became a three-time world champion.

Alexander Zubkov is a member of the Russian national team and Honored Master of Sports in bobsleigh, has great amount awards. He is the champion of Russia in the pair (2004) and in the four (2001, 2003-2005), in 2001 and 2003 - the silver medalist of the Russian championships in the pair. Zubkov is the champion of Russia in bob starts in the pair (2002-2004), and in the four (2001-2004), the silver medalist of the Russian championship in bob starts in the four in 2000. Silver in the Cup of Russia in the pair (2000), gold in the European Championship in the four (2005), silver (2005) and bronze (2003) in the World Championship in the four. Alexander Zubkov won silver at the Olympic Games in Turin and many other awards.

Among the most titled athletes in Russia are also: Evgeny Lalenkov (leader of the Russian national skating team), Vasily Rochev (skier), Evgenia Medvedeva (Arbuzova) (skier), Albert Demchenko (luge athlete), Vladimir Lebedev (freestyle, acrobatics) , Evgeni Plushenko (figure skater), Evteeva Nina (leader of the Russian national team in short track). Hockey players with the largest number awards currently are: Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeny Nabokov.

The most titled athlete in the world is Larisa Latynina. During her stunning career as an artistic gymnast, she has won 18 Olympic medals, including nine gold, five silver and four bronze! Not a single athlete, in any sport, has such a number of Olympic medals. And it is worth considering that she won many more medals at the championships of the USSR, Europe and the world.

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olympic champions of russia

The XIV Summer Paralympic Games were held in London from August 29 to September 9, 2012. Nearly 4200 athletes participated in them. handicapped from 166 countries that played 503 sets of awards in 20 sports. The Russians performed very successfully in London, significantly improving the results shown by our team in previous games four years ago.

At the previous Paralympic Games in Beijing, Russian athletes were eighth in the unofficial medal standings with 63 medals, 12 of which were gold. The results of this Paralympic Games are 102 medals and the second team place in this indicator. The largest number of awards - 46 - were brought to the country by Paralympic athletes, who were able to climb to the highest step of the podium 19 times, were second 12 times and third 15 times.

Runner Evgeny Shvetsov from Mordovia became a three-time champion - he won at distances of 100, 400 and 800 meters, while setting new world and Paralympic records. His colleague Elena Ivanova achieved a similar result - her gold medals were won at distances of 100, 200 meters and in the 4 by 100 meters relay. Margarita Goncharova also took part in the gold relay race with her, who collected three top and one silver medals from the London Paralympics. Moreover, to three medals in running disciplines, she added gold in long jump.

The standard-bearer of the Russian national team at the opening ceremony of the games was Alexei Ashapatov, who lost his leg 10 years ago, the champion of the previous Paralympic sports forum in Beijing. In London, he confirmed his superiority in shot put and discus throwing, setting a new world record in the second discipline. A long jumper Gocha Khugaev from North Ossetia won one gold award, but at the same time beat the current world achievement three times in a row.

A very significant contribution to the performance of the Russian team was made by the team - they won 42 awards - 13 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze. In this form, Oksana Savchenko from Bashkiria stood out - she has five top places and one world record. Now Oksana is an eight-time Paralympic champion. In total, Russian swimmers in London were able to update the highest world achievements six times.

Archers Timur Tuchinov, Oleg Shestakov and Mikhail Oyun took the entire podium in the individual competition. A few days later, each added to his collection another gold award for winning the team competition in this sport.

Russian Paralympic athletes, unlike the Chinese who won the largest number of medals, participated in only half of the disciplines presented at the forum. Therefore, the national team of athletes with disabilities has very good prospects for growth for the next Paralympic Games.

The youngest Olympic champions in Sochi

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Another medalist is Sim Suk-hee. The athlete represented South Korea, competing in the short track. She became the owner of gold at a distance of three thousand meters. The girl at the time of the award was only seventeen years and sixteen days old. She also has a bronze medal, won by her at a distance of a thousand meters.

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Seventeen years and two hundred and forty-one days was a short track skater from South Korea at the time she received the ash medal for fighting at a distance of three thousand meters. The last name of the winner is Gong Sang Chong.

Seventeen years two hundred and fifty days, that is, only 9 days older - this is the age of a Chinese short tracker named Han Tianyu. For the victory at a distance of one and a half kilometers, he received a silver medal.

The youngest freestyle wrestling and boxing champions

Togrul Askerov became the youngest winner in freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games. At the age of nineteen years, ten months and twenty-four days, he won a gold medal. For comparison, it must be said that average age participants in freestyle wrestling competitions is twenty-six years, one hundred and fifty-three days.

In the history of boxing, Jackie Fields became the youngest Olympic champion. His real name- Jacob Finkelstein. In 1924, at the age of sixteen, the young man participated in the Olympics as part of the US featherweight team. At the Olympics in Paris, he managed to become an Olympic champion. Since today, according to the rules, it is possible to participate in the Olympics in this type of competition from the age of eighteen, this Fields record will never be broken.

It is known about another young Olympic champion - a boxer from Mexico, Alfonso Zamora. At the Olympics in Munich, which took place in 1972, the Mexican athlete won a silver medal in the first featherweight. At that time he was only eighteen years old.

Did Lipnitskaya become the youngest champion?

I must say that at this Olympics she did not become the youngest. Julia's age at the time of the victory was fifteen years and two hundred and forty-nine days. In the team figure skating competition, she won a gold medal. Younger than Yulia was the Japanese athlete Ayumu Hirano.

Although Lipnitskaya is not the youngest Olympic champion either in the history of the Olympic Games or at the Sochi Olympics, nevertheless, the girl became the youngest champion from Russia in the history of the Winter Olympics.

The youngest Olympic champion in history

Due to the fact that the age of Marcel Depayer is not known for certain, it is quite possible that a boy named Dimitrios Lundras could be in the first place in terms of age among the youngest Olympic champions. This young gymnast received a bronze medal while competing on uneven bars. At the time of the victory, he was ten years and two hundred and eighteen days old.

Now there is an age limit for participation in the Olympics. Because of this, the youngest champions in history will forever remain them, and will never be defeated. In different sports today, different age limits are set, but the age bar never falls below fourteen years.

By the way, the fastest athlete in the world, Usain Bolt, according to the site, became the Olympic champion nine times. He runs a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds.
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The 2016 Olympics in Rio collects a lot of news every day. We follow the performances of our athletes with anxiety and special pride, rejoice with them and accept defeats with all of them. But our history keeps a lot of stories, which then become an example of perseverance, perseverance and zeal for many generations to come. And every new day of the current Olympiad adds new ones. We want to remember the most incredible athletes of our country who brought home record number gold medals and still remain the undisputed leaders in this championship.

Latynina Larisa, artistic gymnastics

Larina Latynina is one of the most famous Russian figures in history. Olympic Games. To this day, she remains the only gymnast to have won three Olympics in a row: Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964). She is a unique athlete who has 18 Olympic medals, among which the most a large number of gold - 9 pieces. Sports career Larissa began in 1950. While still a schoolgirl, Larisa completed the first category as part of the Ukrainian national team, after which she went to the All-Union Championship in Kazan. Thanks to subsequent intensive training, Latynina in the 9th grade fulfilled the standard of a master of sports. After leaving school, Larisa was sent a challenge to the all-Union gathering in Bratsevo, where the USSR national team was preparing for the World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest. The young athlete passed the qualifying competitions with dignity and after that she received a woolen suit with a white "Olympic" strip around the neck and the letters "USSR".

My first gold medals international scope Larisa Latynina received in Romania. And on December 3, 1956, Larisa went to the Olympics in a team with P. Astakhova, L. Kalinina, T. Manina, S. Muratova, L. Egorova. It is worth noting that all the members of the squad made their debut at the Olympics. And there, in Melbourne, Larisa became the absolute Olympic champion. And already in 1964, Larisa Latynina went down in history as the owner of 18 Olympic awards.

Tokyo, 1964

Egorova Lyubov, cross-country skiing

Lyubov Egorova is a six-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing(1992 - at distances of 10 and 15 km and as part of the national team, 1994 - at distances of 5 and 10 km and as part of the national team), multiple world champion, winner of the 1993 World Cup. The athlete was recognized as the best athlete in Russia in 1994.

Even at school, Love discovered a passion for skiing. Already in the 6th grade, she studied under the guidance of coach Nikolai Kharitonov. She took part in various city competitions many times. At the age of 20, Lyubov became a member of the USSR national team. In 1991, at the World Championships in Cavalese, the first success of the skier happened. Lyubov became the world champion in the relay, and then showed the best time in the 30 km race. Despite the fact that in the 15-kilometer race the skier came eleventh, already in the relay Egorova overtook all her rivals, and at a distance of 30 km she became the best (time - 1 hour 20 minutes 26.8 s) and received a gold medal.

In 1992, Lyubov took part in the Olympic Games in France, where she managed to get a gold medal in the 15 km race. She also won gold in the 10 km race and in the relay. In 1994, in Norway, at the Winter Olympics, Egorova came first at a distance of 5 km. In the 10 km race, the Russian athlete fought with a strong rival from Italy, who only gave up closer to the finish line, allowing Egorova to get the "gold". And in the 4x5 km relay, the Russian girls proved themselves again and took first place. As a result, in Norwegian winter games Lyubov Egorova again becomes a three-time Olympic champion. Upon returning to St. Petersburg, the six-time Olympic champion was greeted with all honors: Anatoly Sobchak handed the winner the keys to a new apartment, and by Decree of the President of Russia, the famous racer was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Lillehammer, 1994

Skoblikova Lidia, speed skating

Lidia Pavlovna Skoblikova is the legendary Soviet speed skater, the only six-time Olympic champion in the history of speed skating, the absolute champion of the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck. Even at school, Lida was seriously engaged in skiing, participating in the section from the third grade. But after several years of training and hard work, skiing seemed to Skoblikova too slow a sport. The athlete came to speed skating by accident. One day, her skating friend asked her to join her in a city competition. Skoblikova had neither experience nor serious training, but participation in those competitions turned out to be successful for her, and she took first place.

The first victory of the young skater happened in January 1957, in the Russian championship among girls. After this victory, Lydia began to train even harder. And in 1960, in Squaw Valley, at the Winter Olympics, Lydia was able to leave behind all the strong athletes, moreover, she won with a world record. At the same Olympics, the skater managed to get another gold for a distance of three kilometers. And at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck (1964, Austria), Skoblikova showed an incredible result in the history of speed skating, winning all four distances, and at the same time set Olympic records in three (500, 1000 and 1500 m). In the same 1964, Skoblikova convincingly won the World Championship in speed skating (Sweden), again winning all four distances. Such an achievement (8 gold medals out of 8) cannot be surpassed, it can only be repeated. In 1964 she was awarded the second Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

Innsbruck, 1964

Davydova Anastasia, synchronized swimming

Anastasia Davydova is the only athlete in history to win 5 Olympic gold medals, competing under the flag of Russia, and the only five-time Olympic champion in the history of synchronized swimming. Initially, Anastasia was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics, but later, with the help of her mother, Davydova began attending synchronized swimming training. And already in 2000, at the age of 17, Anastasia immediately won the highest award in the group program at the European Championships in Helsinki.

And Anastasia won all her Olympic awards in a duet in a pair with another well-known synchronized swimmer - Anastasia Ermakova. At her first Olympic Games, held in Athens, Davydova won two gold medals. At the Beijing Olympics, held in 2008, synchronized swimmers repeated their triumph and won two more "golds". In 2010 year international federation aquatic species Sports recognized Anastasia as the best synchronized swimmer of the decade. The 2012 Olympic Games, which took place in London, made Anastasia Davydova a record holder - she became the only five-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming in history. At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, she was entrusted with carrying the flag of the Russian team.

Beijing, 2008

Popov Alexander, swimming

Alexander Popov is a Soviet and Russian swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, six-time world champion, 21-time European champion, a legend of Soviet and Russian sports. AT sports section Alexander got there by accident: his parents took their son for swimming just like that, “for health”. And this event turned out to be incredible victories for Popov in the future. Training increasingly fascinated the future champion, taking away everything free time, which negatively affected the studies of the young athlete. But quitting sports for the sake of grades school disciplines It was too late. At the age of 20, Popov won the first victories, they turned out to be 4 gold medals at once. It happened at the European Championships in 1991, which was held in Athens. He managed to win at distances of 50 and 100 meters in two relay races. This year brought the first victory in a series of brilliant achievements of the Soviet swimmer.

World fame brought the swimmer the 1996 Olympics, held in Atlanta. Alexander pulled out two gold medals for 50 and 100 meters. This victory turned out to be especially striking for the reason that it was promised to the American swimmer Gary Hall, who was then in his best shape and beat Alexander in the preliminary competitions. The Americans were sure of victory, they openly declared it in the press, even Bill Clinton and his family came to support their athlete! But the "gold" was not in the hands of Hall, but Popov. The disappointment of the Americans, who had savored their victory in advance, was enormous. And then Alexander became a legend.

Atlanta, 1996

Pozdnyakov Stanislav, fencing

Stanislav Alekseevich Pozdnyakov - Soviet and Russian saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion, 10-time world champion, 13-time European champion, five-time World Cup winner, five-time Russian champion (in individual competitions) in saber fencing. As a child, Stanislav was very active - he played football, swam, skated in winter, played hockey. For some time, the young athlete continued to do everything at once, rushing from one sport to another. But one day, my mother took Pozdnyakov to the Spartak stadium, where the fencing school for children and youth of the Olympic reserve was located. The phrase "Olympic reserve" bribed his parents, and Stanislav began to study there. Under the guidance of mentor Boris Leonidovich Pisetsky, Stanislav began to master the fencing alphabet. The young swordsman showed character in duels and all the time tried to win by all means.

Pozdnyakov made his first successes at the All-Russian and All-Union level in Novosibirsk, in youth tournaments. Then he made it to the United Team independent states and went to Barcelona for his first Olympic Games. And in 1996 in Atlanta he achieved absolute success, having won "gold" both in personal and team tournaments.

Atlanta, 1996

Tikhonov Alexander, biathlon

Alexander Tikhonov is the pride of world and domestic sports, a biathlon star, winner of four Olympics, an outstanding champion. With a diagnosis of congenital heart disease, Alexander became an outstanding athlete in our country. skiing in the life of the future Olympic champion was present from childhood. Parents set an example for four sons: mother Nina Evlampievna, who worked as an accountant, and father Ivan Grigoryevich, who taught physical education at school. Repeatedly participating in regional skiing competitions held among teachers, he became the winner. At the age of 19, Alexander won the junior ski competitions of the Union scale at a distance of 10 and 15 km. 1966 became very significant in the fate of the athlete, because. this year, Tikhonov suffered a leg injury and switched to a biathlete career.

Alexander's debut happened in 1968 in Grenoble, where the Olympic Games were held. A young, unknown athlete wins a silver medal in the 20 km race, losing only half a millimeter to the Norwegian Magna Solberg in shooting - the price of two penalty minutes and a gold medal. After this performance, Alexander is entrusted with the first stage in the relay race, which was supposed to run by the Olympic champion - the famous Vladimir Melanin. Thanks to confident shooting and a daring run, Tikhonov receives the title of Olympic champion! The Olympic Games in Lake Placid in 1980 were the fourth and last for Tikhonov. At the opening ceremony, Alexander carried the banner of his country. It was this Olympics that became the golden crown of his long way In sports. Then Tikhonov became the first four-time winner of the Olympic Games in the history of national sports, after which, at the age of 33, he was forced to decide to end his sports career.