Search Now: Click on any title to order! Seven Golds : Mark Spitz Own Story -- Mark Spitz Mark Spitz-- James Olsen Mark Spitz -- Paula Taylor Mark Spitz : The Shark -- Zalewski Mark Spitz (born Feb. 10, 1950) has won more gold medals in a single Olympics than any athlete in Olympic history, and is tied with Matt Biondi (swimming) and Carl Osburn (shooting) for the most medals ever won by a U.S.