MICHAEL PHELPS
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Who Is Michael Phelps?
Michael Phelps is an American swimmer who holds the record for the most Olympics medals won by any athlete at 28, including 23 gold medals & 13 individual golds. Phelps competed in his first Olympics at the age of 15, as part of the U.S. Men's swim team. He was the first American male swimmer lớn earn a spot on five Olympic teams & also made history as the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history at the age of 28.Early Life và Family
Michael Fred Phelps was born on June 30, 1985, in Baltimore, Maryland. The youngest of three children, Phelps grew up in the neighborhood of Rodgers Forge. His father, Fred, an all-around athlete, was a state trooper and his mother, Debbie, was a middle-school principal. When Phelps' parents divorced in 1994, he và his sisters lived with their mother, with whom Phelps grew very close.
Phelps began swimming when his two older sisters, Whitney (born 1978) and Hilary (born 1980), joined a local swim team. Whitney tried out for the U.S. Olympic team in 1996, but injuries derailed her career. At age seven, Phelps was still "a little scared" to put his head underwater, so his instructors allowed him lớn float around on his back. Not surprisingly, the first stroke he mastered was the backstroke.
After he saw swimmers Tom Malchow & Tom Dolan compete at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Phelps began to dream of becoming a champion. He launched his swimming career at the Loyola High School pool. He met his coach, Bob Bowman, when he started training at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club at the Meadowbrook Aquatic and Fitness Center. The coach immediately recognized Phelps' talents and fierce sense of competition and began an intense training regime together. By 1999, Phelps had made the U.S. National B Team.
University of Michigan
Phelps followed his coach khổng lồ the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where Bowman coached the Wolverines' swim team, to study sports kinh doanh and management. Meanwhile, Phelps continued khổng lồ establish world records at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, & the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
At the age of 15, Phelps became the youngest American male swimmer to compete at an Olympic Games in 68 years. While he didn't win a medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he would soon become a major force in competitive swimming.
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First World Records
In the spring of 2001, Phelps phối the world record in the 200-meter butterfly, becoming the youngest male swimmer in history (at 15 years và 9 months) lớn ever phối a world swimming record.
Phelps then broke his own record at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, with a time of 1:54:58, earning his first international medal.
Phelps continued to lớn set new marks at the 2002 U.S. Summer Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, establishing a new world record for the 400-meter individual medley, and U.S. Records in the 100-meter butterfly & the 200-meter individual medley. The following year, at the same event, he broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:09.09.
Shortly after graduating from Towson in 2003, 17-year-old Phelps phối five world records, including the 200-meter individual medley at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, with a time of 1:56:04. Then during the U.S. Trials for the 2004 Summer Olympics, he broke his own world again in the 400 meter individual medley, with a time of 4:08:41.
Michael Phelps competing in the final heat for the Men's 100 Meter Butterfly during day seven of the năm nhâm thìn U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on July 2, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska
Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Phelps became a superstar at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, winning eight medals (including six gold), tying with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin (1980) for the most medals in a single Olympic Games.
Phelps scored the first of six gold medals on August 14, when he broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley, shaving 0.15 seconds off of his previous mark. He also won gold in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly, 200-meter individual medley, 4-by-200-meter freestyle relay and 4-by-100-meter medley relay). The two events in Athens, in which Phelps took bronze medals, were 200-meter freestyle & the 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay.
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Phelps won his 14th career gold medal, the most gold won by any Olympian — surpassing swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven golds. He also phối the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics by winning eight gold medals, in the 4-by-100-meter medley relay, 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay, 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter butterfly, 4-by-200-meter freestyle relay, 200-meter individual medley và 100-meter butterfly. Every gold medal performance mix a new world record, except the 100-meter butterfly, which mix an Olympic record.
2012 Summer Olympics in London
At the 2012 Olympic Games, held in London, Phelps' Olympic medal count increased lớn 22, setting a new record for most Olympic medals (beating gymnast Larisa Latynina's prior record of 18). He won four gold medals, in the 4-by-200-meter freestyle relay, 200-meter individual medley, 100-meter butterfly & 4-by-100-meter medley relay; & two silver medals, in the 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay và 200-meter butterfly.
Temporary Retirement in 2012
After the London Olympics in 2012, Phelps announced he was retiring from swimming. However, he gave some indication of a possible return in July 2013 và would not rule out a possible Olympic bid for the 2016 summer games. In April 2014, Phelps put the retirement rumors to rest & announced plans lớn compete at the Mesa Grand Prix in Arizona.
Meanwhile, the sports world continued to lớn speculate whether Phelps would compete in the năm 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His longtime coach Bowman told the Washington Post:
“I don’t know yet. Honestly, we’re kind of taking it day by day. I don’t think either one of us has real expectations other than to lớn have fun, see what happens and go from there. Unlike previous years, there’s no long-term plan.”
While Phelps did compete at the Mesa Grand Prix, he made a more impressive showing at the Pan Pacific Championships held that summer in Australia, winning three golds và two silvers.
Michael Phelps competing in the Final of the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
On June 29, 2016, Phelps celebrated a huge comeback when he became the first American male swimmer khổng lồ earn a spot on five Olympic teams. His then-girlfriend Nicole Johnson, their baby, Boomer, and Phelps' mother Debbie watched the Olympic legend break history from the stands in Rio.
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On August 7, 2016, Phelps clinched his 19th Olympic gold medal in Rio swimming the second leg of the men's 400 freestyle relay. He went on lớn win gold in both the 200-meter butterfly và in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay along with Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte.
“Doing a double like that is a lot harder now than what it once was,” Phelps said about competing in the races at the age of 31. “That is for sure.”
Phelps went on to lớn compete in the 200-meter individual medley, an sự kiện dubbed "the Duel in the Pool" because he faced off against friend, teammate & rival Ryan Lochte, the world record holder in the race. Phelps dominated the race, winning gold in over a body-length at 1:54.66 seconds, right behind Lochte's record of 1:54.00. Lochte failed to medal. Phelps' victory made him the first swimmer to lớn win four consecutive golds in the same event.
"I say this a lot, but every single day I'm living a dream come true," Phelps told NBC Sports. "As a kid, I wanted to vị something that no one had ever done before, and I'm enjoying it. Being able khổng lồ finish how I won is just something very special khổng lồ me và this is why you are seeing more và more emotion on the medal podium."
Phelps then competed in the 100-meter butterfly, tying for the silver medal with Laszlo Cseh of Hungary và Chad le Clos of South Africa. Joseph Schooling of Singapore, a 21-year-old swimmer who idolized Phelps when he was boy, won the gold.
