the oldest person to win an olympic gold medal
Oscar Swahn Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 â€“ 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold.[1] An elderly but successful competitor, Swahn remains to this day the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest person to win an Olympic medal.[2]
Great Britain at the Olympics The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, who have won six gold (and one silver) medals each in track cycling; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals - fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins, and Sir Steve Redgrave, who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing, a record for an endurance event. Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie jointly holds the Great Britain record for most individual Olympic gold medals with Chris Hoy and Mo Farah with four, and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals (in the Men's Finn class sailing event 2004-2012) - again shared with Jason Kenny (men's team sprint 2008-2016) and Steve Redgrave (men's coxless pair 1988-96). Sir Chris Hoy holds the record for gold medals in different events, having reached the top step in four different disciplines - men's kilo, men's team sprint, men's match sprint and men's kierin.