Title: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
Content:  This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most titles won. It includes titles won in 1896 and 1900, before gold medals were awarded for first place. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.
Title: Medal
Content: 1) Platinum ; 2) Gold ; 3) Silver, or silver-gilt, which is in fact used for Olympic "gold medals" ; 4) Bronze ; 5) Pewter ; 6) Copper ; 7) Tin ; 8) Iron  Traditionally, medals are made of the following metals, in order of decreasing value:  Many medals were and are made in several different metals, either representing awards for different places in a competition, or standards or classes, as with the Olympic medals, or simply different price levels for medals made for sale or donation by the commissioner. Medals have historically been given as prizes in various types of competitive activities, especially athletics. The gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals for first, second and third places were first used at the 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1896 event, silver was awarded to winners and bronze to runners-up, while at 1900 other prizes were given, not medals. The medals for the London 2012 Summer Olympics are the largest ever, reflecting a trend for increasing size in Olympic medals.
Title: List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners
Content:  winning eight gold medals and setting a new record for most golds won in a single edition of the Olympics (the previous record, seven, had been set in 1972 by Mark Spitz). Phelps also set a new record for most career gold medals (14), and his 16 total medals were ranked second all-time behind Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina (18) at the time. In 2012 Phelps set a record for most total medals. Several records for career medals in a sport were tied or surpassed, including cycling (Bradley Wiggins of the United Kingdom won two gold, tied for record with six career medals); 
Title: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
Content:  The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Title: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
Content:  The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Title: Olympic Games
Content:   Medals are awarded to the athletes or teams who place first, second, and third in each event. The winners receive gold medals, which were solid gold until 1912, later made of gilded silver, and now gold-plated silver. Every gold medal must contain at least six grams of pure gold. The runners-up are awarded silver medals and the third-place athletes receive bronze medals. In events contested by a single-elimination tournament (most notably boxing), third place might not be determined and the losers of both semi-finals each receive a bronze medal. At the 1896 Olympics, only the winner and runner-up of each event received medalssilver for first and bronze 
Title: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
Content:  This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events.
Title: Winter Olympic Games
Content:  of opponent Tonya Harding. Both skaters competed in the Games, but the gold medal was controversially won by Oksana Baiul who became Ukraine's first Olympic champion, while Kerrigan won the silver medal. Johann Olav Koss of Norway won three gold medals, coming first in all of the distance speed skating events. 13-year-old Kim Yoon-Mi became the youngest-ever Olympic gold medallist when South Korea won the women's 3,000-metre speed skating relay. Bjørn Dæhli of Norway won a medal in four out of five cross-country events, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian until then. Russia won the most events, with eleven gold medals, while 
Title: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table
Content:  204 nations participated in 302 events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines. Overall, 86 nations received at least one medal, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most medals overall with 104 and the most gold medals with 47. The latter record was the largest gold medal haul for that NOC at a non-US hosted Olympics at the time. Host nation Great Britain won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition. Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won the most gold medals at the games with four each. Phelps also won the greatest number of medals 
Title: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table
Content:  2021. Bermuda, the Philippines and Qatar won their first-ever Olympic gold medals, while Burkina Faso San Marino, and Turkmenistan won their first-ever medals. In addition, North Macedonia won its first-ever silver medal, having previously received one bronze medal. A total of 93 nation teams won medals, breaking the previous record of 87 from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. Furthermore, 65 nations won at least one gold medal, also breaking the record established at the Rio games. The United States won the most gold medals, as well as the most overall medals. Host Japan finished third with 27 gold medals.

Question: who won the most gold metals in olympics?
Answer: American swimmer Michael Phelps.
Michael Phelps.