Aleksey Nemov

Aleksey Nemov has won 12 Olympic medals in gymnastics, the most by any gymnast since the break-up of the Soviet juggernaut gymnastic teams of the 1960s and 1970s. He starred at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, unusually winning two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals both times. He has won three individual Olympic gold medals – 1996 horse vault, and 2000 all-around and horizontal bar. Nemov also competed in 2004, but well past his prime, his top performance was a fifth on the horizontal bar, his best event. Nemov won 11 medals at the World Championships between 1993-2002, including five individual gold medals. He also won eight medals at the European Championships, with four gold medals, three in individual events.