Top 10 athletes with the most number of gold medals in Olympic history

#6 Ole Bjørndalen

Bjørndalen is the most medalled athlete in the history of Winter Olympic games

Nicknamed the “King of Biathlon”, Ole Einar Bjørndalen made his Olympic debut on native soil at Lillehammer in 1994. But, he failed to win a gold and also had minimal success in his first Olympic appearance. Four years later at Nagano , he grabbed his first gold medal in 10 Kilometer biathlon event.

Bjørndalen’s medal-winning exploits increased in Salt lake, as he achieved a remarkable clean sweep of the biathlon golds, winning the sprint, the pursuit, the 20km individual and the 4x7.5km relay

Four years later in Turin, he once again, failed to win a gold medal but added two silver and a bronze medal at the Northern Italy.

At Sochi 2014, 40-year old Norwegian was back to his very best by winning the championship medal in 10 km men and Relay mixed, that took his overall tally to 13 medals. He also became the most medalled athlete in the history of the Olympic Winter Games.

Olympic Games’ appearances: 3

Number of Gold medals: 8

Olympic Games’ medals: 13

Medal table

Medals	Olympic games	Events
Gold	Sochi 2014	10km men, Relay mix mixed
Gold	Vancouver 2012	4x7.5km relay men,
Gold	Salt Lake City 2002	12.5km pursuit men, 20km men, 10km pursuit men, 4x7.5km relay men,
Gold	Nagno 1998	10 Km men
Silver	Vancouver 2012	20km men
Silver	Turin 2006	12.5km pursuit men, 20km men
Silver	Nagno 1998	4x7.5 Pursuit men
Bronze	Turin 2006	15km mass start men