List of athletes with the most Olympics
This table lists athletes who have participated in the modern Olympic Games at least seven times .
Overview
- # = Number of participations
- Σ = sum of medals
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Comments on the Olympic participation of some athletes
Oksana Chusovitina
Oksana Chusovitina started in 1992 for the so-called United Team of athletes from the former Soviet Union, then until 2004 for Uzbekistan, 2008 and 2012 for Germany and again for Uzbekistan in 2016.
Rajmond Debevec
Debevec started in 1984 and 1988 for Yugoslavia, then for Slovenia.
Paul Elvstrøm
Elvstrøm was also a substitute in the Danish team in 1964, but was not used. In the last two participations he sailed together with his daughter Trine .
Seiko Hashimoto
Hashimoto is the only one of the listed athletes to have participated in both summer and winter games. She won her only bronze medal in speed skating in 1992.
Josefa Idem
Josefa Idem started in 1984 and 1988 for the Federal Republic of Germany (once bronze), then for Italy.
Durward Knowles
Knowles started for Great Britain in 1948 and for the Bahamas from 1952. When he last started in 1988 , he was the oldest participant in the Games at the age of 70 and is one of the oldest active participants in Olympic history.
Afanasijs Kuzmins
Kuzmins initially took part in the Olympic Games for the Soviet Union under the name Afanasi Kusmin . After becoming self-employed, he started for his home country Latvia. An additional Olympic participation was denied to him by the Olympic boycott of the Soviet Union in 1984.
Jos Lansink
Lansink comes from the Netherlands, for which he took part in a total of four Olympic Games. He has had a Belgian passport since 2001 and has since started for his new home country.
Ian Millar
By the Olympic boycott of Canada at the 1980 Games, Ian Millar missed another Olympic participation. In the run-up to the 2016 Games , his top horse Dixson had to undergo surgery. Although he and his second horse Teddy du Bosquetiau were on the Canadians' long list , unlike his daughter, he was not nominated. For Amy Millar , the 2016 Olympic Games were her first international championship.
Ivan Osiier
The Danish fencer had seven Olympic competitions, although his career was interrupted by both world wars and thus by the failure of the Olympic Games in 1916, 1940 and 1944. In addition, because of his Jewish origins, he decided not to take part in the 1936 games in order to protest against the German Nazi regime.
Merlene Ottey
Ottey started for Jamaica until 2000 and for Slovenia in 2004. She received the bronze medal over 100 meters at the 2000 Games in Sydney as a result of Marion Jones' disqualification from doping . The IOC officially reassigned the medals in December 2009.
Claudia Pechstein
Pechstein could not start at the 2010 Winter Games because it was ultimately banned due to unexplained doping allegations.
John Michael Plumb
Plumb won the Olympic gold medal in eventing with the American team at the 1976 and 1984 games. At the 1980 Games, the USA did not start because of the Olympic boycott . In 1988 Plumb was absent due to an injury.
Zoran Primorac
Primorac started in 1988 for Yugoslavia, then for Croatia.
Hubert Raudaschl
Raudaschl was already in the squad as a substitute for the 1960 games, but was not used in the competition.
Nino Salukvadze
The marksman from Tbilisi started in 1988 for the Soviet Union, in 1992 for the so-called United Team of athletes from the former Soviet Union and since 1996 for Georgia.
Ralf Schumann
Ralf Schumann was part of the GDR team that had already been nominated for the 1984 Games. The Olympic boycott prevented Schumann from participating again.
Jasna Šekarić
The marksman from Belgrade started in 1988 for Yugoslavia, in 1992 as an independent Olympic participant , then three times for Serbia and Montenegro and since 2008 for Serbia.
Ragnar Skanåker
Ragnar Skanåker received a wild card for the 2004 Olympic Games from the ISSF , but was not nominated by the Swedish NOK.
Nick Skelton
Shortly before the 2000 Olympic Games, Skelton was seriously injured in a competition accident. At times the end of his active career was to be feared.
Lesley Thompson
The Canadian rower had already missed an Olympic participation in 1980 because Canada boycotted the Games in Moscow . In 2004 she was absent due to a temporary retirement from competitive sports. Lesley Thompson acts as the helmsman .
Mark Todd
Todd was absent in 1996 due to an injury to his horse. In 2004 he was a coach at the Olympic Games, but then returned to active sport.
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Individual documents and notes
- ↑ In the 50 km race of the 2014 Winter Olympics , Dalidowitsch took 5th place. Two runners placed in front of him were subsequently disqualified for doping. It is not yet known whether Dalidowitsch will be awarded the bronze medal.
- ↑ Two other silver medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics were revoked by the IOC for doping.
- ↑ Olympia without Canada's record Olympian Millar , sport.de, July 15, 2016
- ↑ Ralf Schumann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )