Raymond Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens).
Ewry attended Purdue University in 1890–1897, where he captained the track and field team, played American football,[1] and became a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
At his first Olympics, held in Paris (1900), he won gold medals in all three standing jumps.
Finally, his record of three gold medals in two events, set in July 1908 (standing long jump on July 20 and standing high jump on July 23) was not surpassed for 108 years—until in 2016 Michael Phelps won his third gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly to win three gold medals in three events (200-meter individual medley, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter butterfly).
Ewry is currently tied with Caeleb Dressel for the most Olympic medals with a 100% record—8 individual golds.