Women with the most summer Olympic medals in history - in pictures
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Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, who won 18 Olympic medals (9 gold, 5 silver, and 4 bronze) in gymnastics between 1956 and 1964. All photos: Getty Images -
Birgit Schmidt of East Germany and Germany, who won 12 Olympic medals (8 gold, and 4 silver) in canoeing between 1980 and 2004 -
Jenny Thompson of the USA, who won 12 Olympic medals (8 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze) in swimming between 1992 and 2004 -
Isabell Werth of Germany, who won 12 Olympic medals (7 gold, and 5 silver) in equestrian events between 1992 and 2020 -
Dara Torres of the USA, who won 12 Olympic medals (4 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze) in swimming between 1984 and 2008 -
Natalie Coughlin of the USA, who won 12 Olympic medals (4 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze) in swimming between 2004 and 2012 -
Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia, who won 11 Olympic medals (7 gold, and 4 silver) in gymnastics between 1960 and 1968 -
Allyson Felix of the USA, who won 11 Olympic medals (7 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze) in athletics between 2004 and 2020 -
Emma McKeon of Australia, who won 11 Olympic medals (5 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze) in swimming between 2016 and 2020 -
Katie Ledecky of the USA, who won 10 Olympic medals (7 gold, and 3 silver) in swimming between 2012 and 2020
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