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Limits RegistrySoviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won 18 Olympic medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games. She held the overall record for any athlete until Michael Phelps passed her in 2012.
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Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won 18 Olympic medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games. She held the overall record for any athlete until Michael Phelps passed her in 2012.
The greatest number of Olympic Games medals (gold, silver and bronze) won by an individual female athlete.
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