Twelve-time Olympic medalist Jenny Thompson accepts her award at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Chicago. The swimmer won her first Olympic medal in 1992. (David Banks / Getty Images)
Swimmer Matt Biondi won 11 medals, eight of them gold. His first medal came in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. (Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)
Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At 41, she was the oldest swimmer to ever compete in the Olympics. Torres has participated in five Olympic games and has four gold medals. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Carl Lewis won one silver and nine gold medals. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he won gold medals in the 100-meter race, 200m race, the 4x100m relay and the long jump. Lewis also won the gold medal in the long jump in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics (Paul Morse / Los Angeles Times)
Gary Hall Jr. celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics. It was one of 10 medals he won in his Olympic career. (Mark Baker /Associated Press)
