- Marc Spitz: Considered by many to be the greatest swimmer of all-time. He won seven gold medals during the 1972 Olympics, and four medals during the previous 1968 Olympics.
- Dara Torres: Only swimmer in Olympic history to medal in five Olympiads.
- Maria Gorochovskaya: She won seven medals for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Olympics as a gymnast, the most medals ever won by a woman in a single Olympics game.
- Mitch Gaylord: Won four gymnastics medals during the 1984 Olympics: a gold in team, a silver in vaulting, and a bronze in rings and parallel bars.
- Lenny Krayzelburg: Four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist in 2000 and 2004.
- Kerri Strug: Her performance during the 1996 Olympics helped the United States win its first team gold medal in gymnastics.
- Jason Lezak: Winner of four Olympic gold medals in swimming in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 games.
- Agnes Keleti: Hungarian gymnast who won 10 Olympic medals in the 1952 and 1956 Olympiads, at the age of 31 and 35 respectively.
- Alfred and Gustav Flatow: German gymnastics gold medalist cousins in the first Olympics of the modern games in 1896. First Jews to win Olympic medals.
- Gal Fridman: Won the gold medal for windsurfing in 2004 (first gold medal for Israel in the Olympics.)
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