How many Olympic medals did Michael Phelps win?

Sports medium Data from 2016

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Answer in medals. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

28 medals

Roughly 28.

Phelps won 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold — more golds than all but about 60 entire countries have won in Olympic history. He competed at five Games between 2000 and 2016.

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Source International Olympic Committee
Figure refers to 2016
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Unit medals

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