Olympic champion
An Olympic champion is an athlete who has won a competition in the Olympic Games .
history
With the Olympic Games 1896 in Athens the winner of a competition was initially a medal of silver and an olive branch. The second placed received the bronze medal and the third received nothing. Only since the Games in 1904 has the well-known distribution of gold for the winner, silver for the runner-up and bronze for the third.
Not everyone who was able to win a competition remained an Olympic champion, as in some cases the gold medal, for example due to doping fraud , was revoked during the games or afterwards and had to be returned.
First modern Olympic champion
The first modern Olympic champion was James Connolly . In 1896 he took first place and thus the silver medal (see above) in the triple jump .
Successful Olympic Champion
One of the most successful Olympians of all time is the American swimmer Michael Phelps , who has won 23 Olympic gold medals during his entire athletic career.
See also
- Alphabetical list of winners of the ancient Olympic games
- List of winners of the Ancient Olympic Games
- List of Olympic champions
- Olympian
Web link
Individual evidence
- ^ Image of the silver medal by James B. Connolly