Lopez Shatters Records with Fifth Gold Medal in Wrestling.

Multi Sports Paris 2024 Olympics

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Lopez Shatters Records with Fifth Gold Medal in Wrestling.

Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez has made history by winning five consecutive individual Olympic gold medals in the 130kg Greco-Roman category, becoming the first athlete to achieve this remarkable feat.

At 42, Mijain Lopez achieved a historic milestone by securing his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling category. Lopez defeated Chile’s Yasmani Acosta to claim the record outright.

Previously, Lopez shared the title with other legends who won four successive Olympic golds: Carl Lewis (long jump), Michael Phelps (200m medley), Katie Ledecky (800m freestyle), Al Oerter (discus), Paul Elvstrom (sailing), and Kaori Icho (wrestling).

Returning from a three-year retirement, Lopez first overcame world champion Amin Mirzazadeh in the quarter-finals before facing Acosta. Remarkably, he has lost just one of his 23 Olympic matches, which was in the 2004 Athens Games quarter-finals.

In the women's freestyle 68kg event, Amit Elor of the United States won gold by defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova.