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Who is the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals (18 gold)?
A
Joan Benoit Samuelson
B
Simone Biles
C
Lance Armstrong
D
Michael Phelps
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Michael Phelps has won more Olympic medals than anyone else.

Detailed explanation-2: -Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phelps has 28 medals in total: his 23 gold medals are more than double the count of his nearest rivals, and its not as if other swimmers have accrued silly numbers of medals, either.

Detailed explanation-4: -Michael Phelps (USA) holds the record for the most medals won in the pool at a single Olympics, picking up a record eight at not one but two separate Games: Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the 2008 Games in Beijing, he became the first athlete to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps was raised in a family of swimmers and joined the prestigious North Baltimore Aquatic Club at age seven. He finished fifth in the 200-metre butterfly at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

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