12 ... 4 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze.
Dana Torres, who at 40 years old continued to compete and win medals in swimming at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Dara Torres has won 4 gold Medals since the 1984 Olympics.
USA
489 before the 2012 Olympics
6 gold medals.
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swimming
Rephrase the question, babycakes.
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in swimming.
Michael Phelps
Swimming is Australia's best Olympic sport. Out of the 143 Gold medals that Australia has won in Olympics, as of 2014, swimming makes up 58 of them.