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Ian Thorpe - The "Thorpedo" is the most decorated Australian in terms of Olympic medals.

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Winner - Out of the nine medals he's acquired, five are gold, three are silver and one is bronze.

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Libby Trickett - Trickett has a treasure trove of seven Olympic medals to her name. These include four golds, one silver and two bronze.

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Much loved - She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the short-course (25m) 100-metre freestyle.

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James Tomkins - This rowing champ owns four Olympic medals. Three gold and one bronze.

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Row your boat - He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games.

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Stephanie Rice - Rice won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Golden girl - Her total tally is three Olympic medals, and since she has retired, that number is not set to change.

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Andrew Hoy - Hoy is a heavily decorated Equestrian. He has won four Olympic medals, three gold and one silver.

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Veteran - Hoy is a real Olympian veteran, the London 2012 Summer Olympics were his seventh games.

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Emily Seebohm - The incredible swimming talents of Emily Seebohm have earned her a whopping five Olympic medals in total.

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Five medals - At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Seebohm represented Australia in both the 100m and 200m backstroke and won silver in the 4×100m medley relay.

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Brittany Elmslie - Brittany Elmslie is another five Olympic medal holder.

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Brittany Elmslie - She has two golds and three silver medals from the Olympics.

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Rechelle Hawkes - Rechelle Hawkes was the captain of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, for eight years.

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Three medals - She became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.

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Michael Klim - This swimmer extraordinaire has six Olympic medals hanging on his wall.

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Double whammy - Klim was the only Australian to win a Gold medal at both the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

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Susie O'Neill - Nicknamed "Madame Butterfly", she achieved eight Olympic Games medals during her swimming career.

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Eight times a winner - She's won 35 Australian titles and with eight Olympics medals, only Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones have more among Australians.

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Jodie Henry - Henry owns three Olympic medals in total, they are all of the gold variety.

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Relay - At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Henry anchored the Australian women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay team that won the gold in world record time.

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Matthew Ryan - This equestrian is a triple Olympic gold medalist.

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Three gold - He won two gold's at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and one at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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Drew Ginn - Ginn owns three golds and one bronze for his efforts in the Australian rowing team.

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Awesome - From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.

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Shane Gould - Gould has won five Olympic medals during his career. Three were gold and one silver and another was bronze.

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Shane Gould - He won this bounty of medals in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany.

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Shirley Strickland - Strickland has won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.

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Shirley Strickland - Her athletic achievements netted her seven Olympic medals during her triumphant career.

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Grant Hackett - Hackett has seven Olympic medals to his name. Namely three golds, three silver and one bronze.

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Grant Hackett - His swimming achievements have led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history.

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Petria Thomas - Thomas has a whopping eight Olympic medals in her 'pool room'. 

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Petria Thomas - Thomas was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport Swimming Hall of Fame in 1996, and was crowned the AIS Athlete of the Year in 2001.

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Liesel Jones - The legendary Liesel has a whopping nine Olympic medals! Three of which are gold, five are silver and one is bronze.

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Amazing Jones - A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics, at just 15-years-old, and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of the gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medalist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Betty Cuthbert - Cuthbert was an Australian athlete and a fourfold Olympic champion.

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Gone but not forgotten - She won a total of four gold Olympic medals during her glittering sporting career. 

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Murray Rose - Rose was a six-time Olympic medalist with four gold, one silver, and one bronze.

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Rose gold - At one time held the world records in the 400-metre, 800-metre, and 1500-metre freestyle.

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Dawn Fraser - Fraser has swimming pools named after her and also a huge amount of Olympic booty to her name. She owns a total of nine medals.

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Legend - She is one of only three swimmers to have won the same Olympic individual event three times – in her case the women's 100-metre freestyle.

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