Most successful athlete in any sport (world titles)

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In this table includes the medals in both individual and team events. In PaleGreen still active athletes.

Men
Category Sport Athlete Born       Tot. Ref.
Bicycle racing   Cycling (road)   Fabian Cancellara [1] 1981 4 0 3 7
  Óscar Freire 1976 3 0 1 4
  Eddy Merckx 1945
  Rik Van Steenbergen 1924-2003
  Alfredo Binda 1902-1986
  Cycling (track)   Arnaud Tournant 1978 14 3 2 19
  BMX racing   Randy Stumpfhauser 1977 4 5 3 12
  Mountain bike racing   Julien Absalon 1980 4 1 1 6
Combat sports   Boxing   Félix Savón 1967 6 1 0 7
  Judo   Naoya Ogawa 1968 4 0 3 7
  Taekwondo   Steven López 1978 5 0 0 5
  Wrestling   Aleksandr Karelin [2] 1967 9 0 0 9
Motor sports   Formula One   Michael Schumacher 1969 7 2 3 12
  Motorboat racing   Guido Cappellini 1959 10 2 2 14 [3]
  Motorcycle racing   Giacomo Agostini 1942 15 5 1 21
  Motocross   Stefan Everts 1972 10 4 1 13 [4]
  Rallying   Sébastien Loeb 1974 8 1 0 9
Roller sports   Inline speed skating   Chad Hedrick 1977 50 14 4 68 [5]
  Roller artistic skating   Roberto Riva 1986 10 1 0 11 [6]
Water sports   Swimming   Michael Phelps 1985 26 6 1 33
  Diving   Greg Louganis 1960 5 0 0 5
  Canoe sprint   Ivan Patzaichin 1974 9 4 9 22
  Rowing   Daniele Gilardoni 1976 11 1 1 13 [7]
  Sailing   Paul Elvstrøm 1928 11 2 2 15 [8]
Winter sports   Alpine skiing   Kjetil André Aamodt 1971 5 4 3 12
  Biathlon   Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1974 18 11 9 38
  Bobsleigh   Eugenio Monti 1928-2003 9 1 0 10 [9]
  Skeleton   Gregor Stähli 1968 4 3 3 10
  Luge   Armin Zöggeler 1974 6 5 5 16
  Cross-country skiing   Bjørn Dæhlie 1967 10 5 4 19
  Ski jumping   Janne Ahonen 1977 5 3 2 10
  Nordic combined   Bjarte Engen Vik 1971 5 3 0 8 [10]
  Freestyle skiing   Edgar Grospiron 1969 3 0 0 3
  Snowboarding   Jasey Jay Anderson 1968 4 0 0 4
  Figure skating   Ulrich Salchow 1877-1949 11 3 0 14
  Speed skating   Sven Kramer 1986 16 1 2 19 [11]
  Short track speed skating   Ahn Hyun-Soo 1985 20 11 4 35 [12][13]
Olympic sports   Athletics   Carl Lewis 1961 8 1 1 10 [14]
  Archery   Richard McKinney 1953 3 0 0 3
  Artistic Gymnastics   Vitaly Scherbo 1972 12 7 4 23
  Badminton   Park Joo-bong 1964 5 0 2 7
Equestrian   Reiner Klimke [15] 1936-1999 6 0 0 6 [16]
  Fencing   Aladár Gerevich 1910-1991 14 1 3 18
  Shooting   Konrad Stäheli 1866-1931 41 17 10 67 [17]
  Table tennis   Victor Barna 1911-1972 22 7 12 41
  Tennis [18]   Ivan Lendl 1960 5 4 3 11
  Triathlon   Simon Lessing 1971 4 2 1 7
  Weightlifting   Naim Süleymanoğlu 1967 7 1 0 8
Team sports   Baseball   Pedro Luis Lazo 1973 7 2 0 3
  Basketball   Krešimir Ćosić 1948-1995 2 2 0 4
  Beach volleyball   Emanuel Rego 1973 2 1 0 3
  Curling   Randy Ferbey 1959 4 1 0 5
  Field hockey   Akhtar Rasool 1954 3 1 0 4 [19]
  Handball   Cornel Oțelea 1940 3 0 1 4
  Ice Hockey   Vladislav Tretiak 1914-1992 10 1 2 13
  Soccer   Pelè 1942 3 0 0 3
  Volleyball   Marco Bracci
  Andrea Gardini
  Andrea Giani
  Ferdinando De Giorgi
1966
1965
1970
1961
3 0 0 0
  Waterpolo   Salvador Gómez
  Jesús Rollán
1968
1968-2006
2 2 0 4

Multiple medallist

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In this table the world championships and the olympics medals, only in the individual events.

Athlete Sport Born Olympics World Ch. Total Ref
      Tot.       Tot.       Tot.
  Chad Hedrick   Inline speed skating 1994-2002 0 0 0 0 42 14 4 60 42 14 4 60 [20]
  Konrad Stäheli   Shooting 1866-1931 1 0 1 2 21 13 8 42 22 13 9 44 [21]
  Karl Zimmermann   Shooting 1894-1986 0 0 0 0 19 9 13 41 19 9 13 41
  Giacomo Agostini   Motorcycle sport 1942 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 21 15 5 1 21
  Michael Phelps   Swimming 1985 10 0 1 11 15 5 0 20 25 5 1 31
  Ahn Hyun-Soo   Short track speed skating 1985 2 0 1 3 14 7 3 24 16 7 4 37
  Ángel Nieto   Motorcycle sport 1942 0 0 0 0 13 4 3 20 13 4 3 20
  Marc Gagnon   Short track speed skating 1975 1 0 2 3 12 7 4 23 13 7 6 26
  Vitaly Scherbo   Artistic gymnastics 1972 5 0 4 9 11 7 4 22 16 7 8 31
  Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Biathlon 1974 4 3 1 8 11 4 7 22 15 8 8 31
  Li Jiajun   Short track speed skating 1975 0 2 1 3 10 3 5 18 10 5 6 21

References

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  1. ^ Time trial event.
  2. ^ Greco-Roman event.
  3. ^ "DAC Racing". class-1.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  4. ^ Stefan Everts
  5. ^ "In-line skating". archive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Figure Skating Senior World Championships - Roll of Honour" (PDF). rollersports.org. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Daniele Gilardon Biography". rowingone.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Paul Elvstrøm - Results". sailing.org. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  9. ^ Bobsleigh world championships multiple medallist
  10. ^ Nordic combined world championships multiple medallist
  11. ^ Are held three world championships.
  12. ^ Are held three world championships.
  13. ^ South Korean short track skater Ahn Hyun-Soo became the most successful skater in the short track at the World Championships
  14. ^ "Statistics Handbook - Daegu 2011: Part One, p1 to 185 (pdf)" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  15. ^ Dressage event.
  16. ^ "Reiner Klimke - Results". the-sports.org. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  17. ^ "Multi-Medalists Top 15" (PDF). issf-sports.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  18. ^ The master,which qualifies the tennis world ranking, is considered the World Championship of individual tennis.
  19. ^ "WORLD CUP DISTINCTIONS". phf.com.pk. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  20. ^ "In-line skating". archive.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  21. ^ "Multi-Medalists (Top 40 individual, Top 15 individual and team)" (PDF). issf-sports.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

See also

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