ShivamMia Hamm
An exceptional soccer player, Mia is the winner of two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup. She made a record after scoring her 108th goal of being the woman with the most number of goals in international games. It was in the year 1997 and 1999 that she was named as the Sportswoman of the Year.
Larisa Latynina
Larisa has been credited as the woman to help the Soviet Union achieve a dominant position in the field of gymnastics. She has the record for most number of gold medals won by a gymnast, having 9 in total. Before Michael Phelps, she was the most awarded Olympic athlete.
Shaun White
Shaun is the winner of gold medal in the half-pipe category of snowboarding in the Winter Olympics held in the year 2006. In the next edition of 2010 Olympics too, he won the gold medal and is regarded as the greatest snowboarder to participate in Olympics.
George Foreman
George has won a gold medal in the Olympics and was the world heavyweight champion twice during his career. He has an astonishing record of winning 76 out of the 81 bouts he participated in. After ending his career as a boxer, he went on to become an author, entrepreneur, and a minister.
Apolo Ohno
Apolo is the most prominent name in the short track event. He is the winner of 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medal all of which he won at the Winter Olympics held in the year 2002. Winning so many medals in one Olympic is not at all a normal achievement.
Mark Spitz
Before Phelps arrived in the scene, Mark Spitz was the king of the world of swimming. When it comes to the awards he has won, the list becomes quite long. He has won a total of 9 Olympic gold medals and a silver medal and a bronze medal. He was the star performer in the Summer Olympics held at Munich in the year 1972, in which he won 7 gold medals, a record which was later broken by Michael Phelps.