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Jesse Owens

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting and Long Jump) | Notable Achievements: Four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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Janet Evans

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Sport: Swimming | Notable Achievements: Four-time Olympic gold medalist, set world records in 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyle

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Nadia Comaneci

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Sport: Gymnastics | Notable Achievements: First gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event

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Birgit Fischer

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Sport: Canoeing | Notable Achievements: Eight-time Olympic gold medalist across six different Olympic Games

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Mark Spitz

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Sport: Swimming | Notable Achievements: Won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, all in world record time

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Florence Griffith Joyner

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting) | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic gold medalist, world records in 100m and 200m

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Fanny Blankers-Koen

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting and Hurdling) | Notable Achievements: Four gold medals in the 1948 London Olympics

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Sport: Athletics (Heptathlon and Long Jump) | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic gold medalist, World Heptathlon record holder

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Emil Zátopek

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Sport: Athletics (Long-distance running) | Notable Achievements: Won three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics

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Al Oerter

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Sport: Athletics (Discus Throw) | Notable Achievements: Four-time Olympic gold medalist in discus throw

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Carl Lewis

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting and Long Jump) | Notable Achievements: Nine-time Olympic gold medalist

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Serena Williams

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Sport: Tennis | Notable Achievements: Four Olympic gold medals

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Larisa Latynina

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Sport: Gymnastics | Notable Achievements: Held the record for most Olympic medals (18) for 48 years

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Paavo Nurmi

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Sport: Athletics (Middle-distance and Long-distance running) | Notable Achievements: Nine gold and three silver Olympic medals

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Dhyan Chand

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Sport: Field Hockey | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic gold medalist

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Kristin Otto

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Sport: Swimming | Notable Achievements: Six gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics

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Usain Bolt

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting) | Notable Achievements: Eight-time Olympic gold medalist, holds world records in 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay

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Michael Johnson

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Sport: Athletics (Sprinting) | Notable Achievements: Four-time Olympic gold medalist, World record in 200m and 400m

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Eric Heiden

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Sport: Speed Skating | Notable Achievements: Five gold medals in a single Olympics (1980 Lake Placid), World records in all distances

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Teófilo Stevenson

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Sport: Boxing | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic gold medalist in heavyweight boxing

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Sonja Henie

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Sport: Figure Skating | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936)

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Michael Phelps

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Sport: Swimming | Notable Achievements: Most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 medals, 23 of them gold

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Simone Biles

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Sport: Gymnastics | Notable Achievements: Four-time Olympic gold medalist

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Sawao Kato

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Sport: Gymnastics | Notable Achievements: Eight-time Olympic gold medalist

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Ian Thorpe

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Sport: Swimming | Notable Achievements: Five-time Olympic gold medalist

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Abebe Bikila

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Sport: Athletics (Marathon) | Notable Achievements: Two-time Olympic marathon champion, won the 1960 Rome Olympics barefoot

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Daley Thompson

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Sport: Athletics (Decathlon) | Notable Achievements: Two-time Olympic gold medalist, held the decathlon world record

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Kenenisa Bekele

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Sport: Athletics (Long-distance running) | Notable Achievements: Three-time Olympic gold medalist, former world record holder in 5000m and 10000m

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Kjetil André Aamodt

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Sport: Alpine Skiing | Notable Achievements: Eight Olympic medals, including four golds

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Birgit Prinz

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Sport: Soccer (Football) | Notable Achievements: Two-time Olympic bronze medalist, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion

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