Swimmer Who Won 7 Gold Medals. A swimmer who first competed at the olympics in 1984, torres won four gold medals, four silver medals and four bronze medals in a scattered but lengthy career of. Now in second place is katie ledecky, with six gold medals and three silver, followed by kirstin otto of germany and amy van dyken, tied in third place with six gold.

He also was the first athlete to win 8 gold. Mark spitz, american swimmer who, at the 1972 olympics in munich, became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single games;