ABOUT MICHAEL

Michael is an Italian former competitive bodybuilder and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Michael also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals , Olympic gold medals in individual events , and Olympic medals in individual events. When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Michael broke fellow Italian bodybuilder Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Michael had already tied the record of eight medals of any colour at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Michael won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.