Cuban wrestler first person to win the same individual olympic event 5x
Unless, according to the replies, you count Hipposthenes of Sparta in 608 BC and Milo of Croton in 516 BC.
5 straight Olympic gold medals for Cuban superheavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler Mijaín López. Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo, Paris. Never been done before in an individual Olympic event, summer or winter, men's or women's. And he leaves his shoes on the mat to signal his retirement pic.twitter.com/4DdhfOHIxk