Hoang Xuan Vinh is in the Top 10 high-achieving athletes of the 2016 Olympics.

The 41-year-old shooter is on the top medal list at the Rio Olympics after six days of competition, thanks to a gold and a silver medal.

Hoang Xuan Vinh helped Vietnam have the most successful Olympics in history, when he won a gold medal in the 10m air pistol event with an Olympic record, and then added a silver medal in the 50m pistol event. Before that, Vietnam only had two silver medals in taekwondo and weightlifting.

Hoang Xuan Vinh is the first Vietnamese athlete in history to win a gold medal and a silver medal at the same Olympics in 2016.

The historic feat helped Xuan Vinh rank 10th in the Rio Olympics' individual achievement table, based on the number of gold medals alone, as of the end of the competition day on August 11. He also holds a position in the sixth group in the achievement table based on the total number of medals, on par with experts such as Sun Yang (swimming, China), Astier Nicolas (equestrian, France), Simone Manuel (swimming, USA), Allison Schmitt (swimming, USA) and Michael Jung (equestrian, France).

The shooter born in 1974 is also on the list of athletes who set Olympic or world records at this Games.

The athlete leading the medal table so far is Michael Phelps with four gold medals, followed by two female swimmers, including 19-year-old American Katie Ledecky (three gold medals, one silver medal) and Hungary's Katinka Hozzsu (three gold medals).

Xuan Vinh is at the top of the gold medal list of athletes attending the 2016 Olympics.Table updated as of August 11, Brasilia time.

According to VNE