#2 Mick Gault
Mick Gault happens to be one of the most decorated Commonwealth competitors from England who retired after the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi as he fell short of winning a record-matching 18th medal. In an astonishing career, he accumulated 17 Commonwealth medals, but never competed at an Olympics.
In 2006 he became England's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete, surpassing swimmer Karen Pickering's 13 medals.