Most Olympic athletics medals, Women

According to Official Guinness Records,

Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey won nine Olympic 100 m and 200 m medals – three silver and six bronze – between the 1980 Games in Moscow, Russia, and the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. The bronze won in the individual 100 m in Sydney was awarded in 2009, after the gold medallist, Marion Jones (USA), was stripped of her title due to a drugs offence.

For a complete list of 2000 records, please visit 2000 Guinness Records in Russia.

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