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Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps on the left, April 2008

Personal information

Full name Michael Fred Phelps II[1]

Nickname(s) MP; The Baltimore Bullet;[2]Flying

Fish[3]

Nationality United States

Born June 30, 1985 [4]

Towson, Maryland

Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[4]

Weight 194 lb (88 kg)[5]

Sport

Sport Swimming

Stroke(s) Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle,

individual medley

Club North Baltimore Aquatic Club

Men's swimming

Competitor for the United States

Event 1st 2nd 3rd

Olympic Games 18 2 2

World Championships (LC) 26 6 1

World Championships (SC) 1 0 0

Pan Pacific Championships 13 3 0

Total 58 11 3

Michael PhelpsFrom Wikipedia,the freeencyclopedia

Michael Fred Phelps II(born June 30, 1985) is a retired[6]

American swimmerand the most decorated Olympian of alltime, with a total of 22 medals. Phelps also holds the all-timerecords for Olympic gold medals (18, double the secondhighest record holders), Olympic gold medals in individualevents (11), and Olympic medals in individual events for amale (13). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 BeijingGames, Phelps took the record for the most first-placefinishes at any single Olympic Games. Five of those victorieswere in individual events, tying the single Games record. Inthe 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won fourgolds and two silver medals, making him the most successfulathlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row.[7]

Phelps is the long course world recordholder in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter individualmedley as well as the former long course world recordholderin the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley.He has won a total of 71 medals in major international long-course competition, 57 gold, 11 silver, and three bronzespanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan PacificChampionships. Phelps's international titles and record-

breaking performances have earned him the World Swimmerof the Year Award seven times and American Swimmer of

the Year Award nine times as well as the FINA Swimmer ofthe Year Award in 2012. His unprecedented Olympicsuccess in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustratedmagazine'sSportsman of the Year award.

Afterthe 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started theMichael Phelps Foundation, which focuses on growing thesport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles.Hecontinues to work with his foundation after the 2012Olympics, which he has said will be his last.

Contents

1 Early life2 2002 Pan Pacific championships3 2003 World championships4 2004 Summer Olympics

4.1 Trials

Medal record
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Olympic Games

Gold 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly

Gold 2004 Athens 200 m butterfly

Gold 2004 Athens 200 m medley


Gold 2004 Athens 4200 m freestyle


Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m frees tyle

Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly

Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly

Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m medley


Gold 2008 Beijing 4100 m freestyle

Gold 2008 Beijing 4200 m freestyle


Gold 2012 London 100 m butterfly

Gold 2012 London 200 m medley

Gold 2012 London 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2012 London 4100 m medley

Silver 2012 London 200 m butterflySilver 2012 London 4100 m freestyle

Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle

Bronze 2004 Athens 4100 m freestyle

World Championships Long Course

Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly

Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m butterfly

Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m medley



Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m freestyle

Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m medley



Gold 2005 Montreal 4100 m medley

4.2 Olympics5 2005 World championships6 2006 Pan Pacific championships7 2007 World championships8 2008 Summer Olympics

8.1 Trials8.2 Olympics

8.2.1 Seventh gold medal8.2.2 All-time record9 2009 World championships10 2010 Pan Pacific championships11 2011 World championships12 2012 Summer Olympics

12.1 Trials12.2 Olympics

13 Testing for performance enhancing drugs14 Bob Bowman

15 Personal life15.1 Controversies15.2 Ian Thorpe15.3 Philanthropy

16 Honors and awards17 Career best times

17.1 Long course (50 meter pool)17.2 Short course meters (25 meter pool)

18 World records

19 See also20 References21 Bibliography22 External links

Early life

Phelps was born and raised in the Rodgers Forgeneighborhood of Towson, Maryland, located just north ofBaltimore.[8]Michael is the youngest of three children. Hismother, Deborah Sue "Debbie" (ne Davisson), is a middleschool principal.[9]His father, Michael Fred Phelps, is aretired Maryland state trooper who played football in highschool and college and tried out for the Washington Redskinsin the 1970s.[9][10]Phelps's parents divorced in 1994, andhis father remarried in 2000.[10]His ancestry includesEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and German.[11]Phelpsgraduated from Towson High School in 2003.[12]
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Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m freestyle

Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly

Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m butterfly

Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m medley

Gold 2007 Melbourne 400 m medley

Gold 2007 Melbourne 4100 m freestyleGold 2007 Melbourne 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly

Gold 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly

Gold 2009 Rome 4100 m freestyle

Gold 2009 Rome 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2009 Rome 4100 m medley

Gold 2011 Shanghai 100 m butterfly

Gold 2011 Shanghai 200 m butterfly

Gold 2011 Shanghai 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2011 Shanghai 4100 m medley

Silver 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly

Silver 2003 Barcelona 4200 m freestyle

Silver 2005 Montreal 100 m butterfly

Silver 2009 Rome 200 m freestyle

Silver 2011 Shanghai 200 m freestyle

Silver 2011 Shanghai 200 m medley

Bronze 2011 Shanghai 4100 m freestyle

World Championships Short Course

Gold 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle

Pan Pacific Championships

Gold 2002 Yokohama 200 m medley

Gold 2002 Yokohama 400 m medleyGold 2002 Yokohama 4100 m medley

Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m butterfly

Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m medley

Gold 2006 Victoria 400 m medley

Gold 2006 Victoria 4100 m freestyle

Gold 2006 Victoria 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2010 Irvine 100 m butterfly

Phelps began swimming at the age of seven, partly becauseof the influence of his sisters and partly to provide him with anoutlet for his energy.[13]When Phelps was in the sixth grade,he was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).[14][15]By the age of 10, he held a national recordfor his age group, and Phelps began to train at the NorthBaltimore Aquatic Club under coach Bob Bowman. More

age group records followed, and Phelps's rapid improvementculminated in his qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics atthe age of 15 and becoming the youngest male to make aU.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years.[16]While he did notwin a medal, he did make the finals and finished fifth in the200-meter butterfly.[17]

At the World Championship Trials for the 2001 WorldAquatics Championships, on March 30, Phelps broke theworld record in the 200-meter butterfly to become, at 15

ears and 9 months, the youngest man ever to set aswimming world record, breaking the record previously heldby Ian Thorpe when he lowered the 400-meter freestyleworld record at 16 years, 10 months.[18]At the WorldChampionships in Fukuoka, Phelps broke his own worldrecord in the 200-meter butterfly en route to becoming aworld champion for the first time.[19]

2002 Pan Pacific championships

See also: 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming

Championships

At Nationals, the selection meet for the 2002 Pan PacificSwimming Championships, in Fort Lauderdale, Phelps set anAmerican record in the 200-meter individual medley and wasust off the world record in the 200-meter butterfly.[20]In the

400-meter individual medley, Phelps bettered the worldrecord held by Tom Dolan with a time of 4:11.09, just aheadof Erik Vendt, who finished second with a time of 4:11.27,

also below the old world record. In the 200-meter freestyle,Phelps was barely beaten by Klete Keller and in the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps beat Ian Crocker.[21]

At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships inYokohama, Phelps won three gold medals and two silvers. Inhis first event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps wongold ahead of Erik Vendt with a time of 4:12.48. In the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps lost to Tom Malchow, finishing behindhim 1:55.41 to 1:55.21. Phelps said he lost because he did
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Gold 2010 Irvine 200 m butterfly

Gold 2010 Irvine 4100 m freestyle

Gold 2010 Irvine 4200 m freestyle

Gold 2010 Irvine 4100 m medley

Silver 2002 Yokohama 200 m butterfly

Silver 2002 Yokohama 4200 m freestyleSilver 2006 Victoria 200 m backstroke

Michael Phelps in 2010

Pan Pacific medal record

2002 Yokohama Men's swimming

Competitor for the United States

Gold 200 m individual medley 1:59.70


Gold 4100 m medley relay 3:33.48 (WR)

Silver 200 m butterfly 1.55.41

Silver 4200 m freestyle relay 7:11.81

World Championship medal record

2003 World Championships Men's swimmin

Competitor for the USA

Gold 200 m butterfly 1:54.35

Gold 200 m individual medley 1:56.01 (WR)



Silver 100 m butterfly 51.10


not take butterfly training seriously after he broke the worldrecord. In the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps won witha time of 1:59.70. In the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps,along with Nate Dusing, Klete Keller, and Chad Carvin, wonthe silver medal with a time 7:11.81 finishing behind Australia.The U.S. 4100-meter medley relay team consisted ofAaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps, and Ian Crocker. Inthe final for the medley relay, Phelps swam a 51.1 split, at thetime the fastest split in history. The final time of 3:33.48 was aworld record.[22]

2003 World championships

See also: Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships

At Nationals, Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter backstroke,and the 100-meter butterfly.[23]He became the first American swimmer to

win three different races in three different strokes at a nationalchampionship.[23]At the 2003 Duel in the Pool, a meet that pits swimmingstars from Australia and the United States, Phelps broke the world record inthe 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:10.73 andalmost broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly, justmissing the record by 0.03 seconds.[24]At a meet in SantaClara, Phelps broke the world record in the 200-meterindividual medley with a time of 1:57.94.[25]Phelps said he

broke the 200-meter individual medley world record after DonTalbot said Phelps was unproven, using his words as

motivation.[26]

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won fourgold medals, two silver medals, and broke five worldrecords.[27]Phelps broke his first world record on July 22 inthe semi-finals for the 200-meter butterfly. Phelps swam a1:53.93 to break his own world record of 1:54.58 set in 2001and became the first man to swim under 1:54.00.[28]In the finalof the 200-meter butterfly, on July 23, Phelps easily won thegold medal, but did not come close to his world record with atime of 1:54.35.[29]Less than an hour later, Phelps swam thelead-off leg for the 4200-meter freestyle relay. Phelps put upa solid time of 1:46.60 (an American record) but theAmericans could not match the depth of the Australians andultimately finished second 7:10.26 to 7:08.58.[30]In the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps showed complete dominance.On July 24, in the semifinals of the 200-meter individualmedley, Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 1:57.52. [31]On July 25, in the final of the 200-meterindividual medley, Phelps smashed his own record with a time of 1:56.04 to win the gold medal and finished almos
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Olympic medal record

2004 Athens Men's swimming


Gold 100 m butterfly 51.25 (OR)

Gold 200 m butterfly 1:54.04 (OR)

Gold 200 m individual medley 1:57.14 (OR)

Gold 400 m individual medley 4:08.26 (WR

Gold 4200 m freestyle relay 7:07.33 (NR)


Bronze 200 m frees tyle 1:45.32 (NR)

Bronze 4100 m freestyle relay 3:14.62

3 seconds ahead of Ian Thorpe.[32]About an hour before the final of the 200-meter individual medley, Phelpsswam in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly. Phelps again showed dominance, finishing in the top seed with aworld record time of 51.47.[33]However, in the final of the 100-meter butterfly, on July 26, Ian Crocker erasedPhelps's world record with a time of 50.98, to become the first man under 51 seconds. Phelps swam a 51.10 (alsounder his former world record), but had to settle for silver.[34]In the final of the 400-meter individual medley, onJuly 27, Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 4:09.09 to easily claim the gold medal. [35]About half ahour later, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4100-meter medley relay. [36

Phelps did not swim in the finals, but still earned a medal because he swam in the heats. [37]

2004 Summer Olympics

See also: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics

Trials

At the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Phelps competed in

six events; the 200- and 400-medley individual medley, the100- and 200-meter butterfly, the 200-meter freestyle, and the200-meter backstroke.[38]In his first event, the 400-meterindividual medley, Phelps easily won with a world record timeof 4:08.41.[39]Two days later, in the 200-meter freestyle,Phelps won with a time of 1:46.27, finishing sixth-tenths of asecond ahead of Klete Keller.[40]Phelps, however, was not

pleased with the result and wanted to be in the 1:45s and wasuncertain if he would swim the event in Athens.[41]Thefollowing day, Phelps won in the 200-meter butterfly with a

time of 1:54.31, three seconds ahead of second place finisherTom Malchow.[42]After two days off, Phelps was back in the pool and finished second to Aaron Peirsol in the200-meter backstroke.[43]Less than half an hour later, Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley title ahead ofRyan Lochte by 2.70 seconds.[44][45]The following day, Phelps finished second to Ian Crocker in the 100-meter

butterfly. Crocker won in a time of 50.76, a world record and 0.39 seconds ahead of Phelps.[46]When the Trialswere over, Phelps became the first person to qualify in six individual events for a U.S. Olympic team.[47]HowevePhelps dropped the 200-meter backstroke to focus on the 200-meter freestyle because he wanted to race IanThorpe.[47]Even though Phelps didn't compete in the 100-meter freestyle at the Trials, he was still selected for the4100-meter freestyle relay. Gary Hall, Jr. thought this was unfair and said Phelps did not deserve a spot on the

relay. Phelps argued his program was too crowded to compete in 100-meter freestyle and was at least among thetop four swimmers because he had beaten the top-seeded Jason Lezak the last time he had swum against him. [48]

Olympics

In his first event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps won with a world record time of 4:08.26 to win his firstOlympic gold medal.[49][50]The following day, in the 4100-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Ian Crocker

Neil Walker, and Jason Lezak, finished in third place with a time of 3:14.62.[51][52]Crocker's lead-off time of50.05 was the worst among the field and was blamed on sickness.[53][54]In the event many were calling The Racof the Century, held the following day, Phelps finished in third place behind Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
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Victory lap of the 100 m butterflyduring the 2005 FINA WorldChampionships in Montral. Phelps isfar right.




Gold 200 m freestyle 1:45.20 (NR)Gold 200 m individual medley 1:56.68

Gold 4100 m freestyle relay 3:13.77 (CR)

Gold 4200 m freestyle relay 7:06.58

Gold 4100 m medley relay 3:31.85

Silver 100 m butterfly 51.65

Hoogenband in the 200-meter freestyle.[55][56]Although this race ended the chance to match Spitz's record, Phelphad savored the challenge even though it was not his strongest event, saying "How can I be disappointed? I swamin a field with the two fastest freestylers of all time".[57]In his fourth event, the 200-meter butterfly, held thefollowing day, Phelps finished first with a time of 1:54.04, breaking Tom Malchow's Olympic record.[58][59]Abouan hour later, in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and KleteKeller, finished in first place with a time of 7:07.33.[60]Two days later, in the 200-meter individual medley, Phelpsfinished first with a time of 1:57.14, an Olympic record. [61]In the 100-meter butterfly final, held the following day,

Phelps defeated American teammate Ian Crocker (who held the world record in the event at the time) by just 0.04seconds with a time of 51.25.[62][63]Traditionally, the American who places highest in an individual event will beautomatically given the corresponding leg in the 4100-meter medley relay final. This gave Phelps an automaticentry into the medley relay, but he deferred and Crocker swam instead.[63][64]Phelps's gesture gave Crocker achance to make amends as well getting his final shot at a gold medal.[64]The American medley team went on to wthe event in world-record time, and, since Phelps had raced in a preliminary heat of the medley relay, he was alsoawarded a gold medal along with the team members who competed in the final.[65][66]In winning six gold and two

bronze medals, Phelps, still a teenager, had the second-best performance ever at a single Olympics, behind MarkSpitz's seven gold medals in Munich in 1972. Also, he became the second male swimmer ever to win more thantwo individual titles at a single Games with four, tying Spitz's four from 1972.



At the 2005 WorldChampionship Trials,Phelps decided todrop his specialty

events, the 400-meter individualmedley and the 200-meter butterfly, andexperiment with the400-meter freestyleand the 100-meterfreestyle.[67]Phelpswent on to win the400-meter freestyle, the 200-meter freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly, th

100-meter freestyle, and the 200-meter individual medley at theTrials.[68][69][70][71][72]

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of six medals, 5 golds and one silver.[73]In the400-meter freestyle, Phelps did not make it past the preliminary heats and finished 18th overall with a time of3:50.53.[74]Later that day, in the 4100-meter freestyle relay, Phelps won his first gold in the Championships.[75]

Two days later, on July 26, Phelps won his second gold in the 200-meter freestyle with a new American recordtime of 1:45.20, finishing ahead of Grant Hackett.[76]Two days later, on July 28, Phelps finished seventh in the100-meter freestyle final.[77]Later that day, Phelps won his third gold in the 200-meter individual medley.[78]OnJuly 29, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller, won the gold in the 4200-meter
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2006 Victoria Men's swimming


Gold 200 m butterfly 1:53.80 (WR)


Gold 400 m individual medley 4:10.47Gold 4100 m freestyle relay 3:12.46 (WR)


Silver 200 m backstroke 1:56.81


2007 World Championships Men's swimminCompetitor for the USA

Gold 100 m butterfly 50.77


Gold 200 m freestyle 1:43.86 (WR)




freestyle relay with a time of 7:06.58. This was the fourth gold medal for Phelps.[79]On July 30, Phelps swam in hlast individual event, the 100-meter butterfly. In the final, Phelps could not match the speed of Ian Crocker and hato settle for silver, finishing 51.65 to 50.40.[80]On July 31, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the UnitedStates team won the 4100-meter medley relay.[81]Phelps did not swim in the finals but still earned a medal

because he swam in the heats.[82]


See also: 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

At the 2006 National Championships, Phelps won a total ofthree events.[83]In his first event, the 200-meter butterfly,Phelps won with a time of 1:54.32.[84]In his second event, the100-meter butterfly, Phelps just edged out Ian Crocker 51.51to 51.73.[85]In his third event, the 200-meter individualmedley, Phelps won with a time of 1:56.50, just ahead of Ryan

Lochte's time of 1:56.78.[86]

At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria,Phelps won five gold medals and one silver.[87]In his firstevent, the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps won in a world recordtime of 1:53.80, his first world record in two years.[88]In hissecond event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps easily won with a time of 4:10.47, 3.38 seconds ahead ofsecond place finisher Robert Margalis.[89]In his third event, the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, along withRyan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller, won the gold medal with a time of 7:05.28. [90]In his fourthevent, the 200-meter backstroke, Phelps won the silver medal, finishing behind Aaron Peirsol 1:56.81 to

1:54.44.[91]In his fifth event, the 4100-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, andJason Lezak, won the gold medal with a world-record time 3:12.46. [92]In his sixth event, the 200-meter individuamedley, Phelps won with a world record time of 1:55.84, breaking his record of 1:55.94 set in 2003. [93]



At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won

seven gold medals, tying the record, and broke five worldrecords.[94]Phelps first gold medal came in the 4100-meterfreestyle. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.42 seconds and

Neil Walker, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak each expanded thelead to win in a Championship record of 3:12.72, just missingthe world record of 3:12.46 set the previous year.[95]His lead-off time was faster than the winning time in the individual 100-meter freestyle final later in the meet. Phelps set his first worldrecord in the Championships in the 200-meter freestyle, hissecond race. Phelps won the gold ahead of Pieter van den
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Gold 4200 m freestyle relay 7:03.24 (WR)


2008 Beijing Men's swimming


Gold 100 m butterfly 50.58 (OR)


Gold 200 m freestyle 1:42.96 (WR)


Gold 400 m individual medley 4:03.84 (WR)Gold 4100 m freestyle relay 3:08.24 (WR)



Hoogenband and broke Ian Thorpe's six-year-old worldrecord with a time of 1:43.86.[96]For his third race, the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps won the gold and bettered his own world record of 1:53.71 with a time of 1:52.09.[97]Forhis fourth race, the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps set his third world record with a time of 1:54.98, betteringhis own world-record time of 1:55.84[98]For his fifth race, the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps swam the leadoff leg in 1:45.36 as the American team of Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay went on to win thegold medal and beat the previous world record set by Australia in 2001 with a time 7:03.24.[99]For his sixth race

the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps edged out Ian Crocker 50.77 to 50.82 to win his sixth gold medal.[100]For hisseventh event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps won the gold medal in a world-record time of 4:06.22,more than 3.5 seconds ahead of Ryan Lochte.[101]By winning seven gold medals, Phelps broke the record of sixset by Ian Thorpe at the 2001 World Championships. The 4100-meter medley relay team would have competedin the final, but received a disqualification for a false start during a changeover in the heats, ending Phelps's chanceof eight gold medals.[102]

Even though Phelps competed in the backstroke in international competition only once (at the 2006 Pan PacificChampionships), he was among the best backstroke swimmers in the world. This is illustrated by his personal besttimes set in 2007, four months after the World Championships. At the US Nationals in Indianapolis on August 1,

2007, Phelps swam a 1:54.65 in the 200-meter backstroke, which was the third fastest of all time in the event, 0.3of a second off the world record of 1:54.32 held by Ryan Lochte. [103]Two days later Phelps swam a time of53.01 sec in the 100-meter backstroke, 0.03 of a second short of the world record of 52.98 held by Aaron Peirsand the second-fastest performance of all time.[104]In 2007 Phelps swam into the all-time top 3 performances inseven individual events, four of these being world records.


See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics

Trials

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Phelps competed insix individual events. In his first event, the 400-meter individualmedley, Phelps broke his own world record of 4:06.22 with atime of 4:05.25.[105]In his second event, the 200-meterfreestyle, Phelps won with a time of 1:44.10, ahead of PeterVanderkaay's time 1:45.85.[106]In his third event, the 100-meter freestyle, Phelps placed second in his heat with a time of

47.92, ensuring him a spot on the relay.[107]In his fourth event,the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps won with a time of1:52.20.[108]In his fifth event, the 200-meter individual medley,Phelps broke his own world record of 1:54.98 with a time of1:54.80.[109]In his sixth and final event, the 100-meter

butterfly, Phelps won with a time of 50.89.[110]When asked about his chances of winning eight gold medals inBeijing, Phelps said, "I am going to prepare for that meet just like I do every other meet ... There is only so much Ican do in a month and then I am going to prepare myself the best that I can."[111]
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Phelps holds his gold medal on thepodium on August 10, 2008. Pictured

with Ryan Lochte and Lszl Cseh

Olympics

Phelps set an Olympic record in the preliminary heats of the 400-meter individual medley.[112][113]He followed thup in the final by winning the gold medal, as well as breaking his previous world record by nearly twoseconds.[114][115]

Phelps swam the first leg of the 4100-meter freestyle relay in a time of 47.51 seconds (an American record for th

100-meter freestyle), and won his second gold medal of the 2008 Olympics, as well as setting his second worldrecord of the Olympics (3:08.24).[116]Teammate Jason Lezak, after beginning the anchor leg more than half abody length behind Alain Bernard, managed to finish ahead of the second-place French team by eight hundredths a second. The top five teams in the final finished ahead of the world record of 3:12.23 set the previous day by theAmerican B team in a preliminary heat.[117]

For his third race, Phelps broke his previous world record in the 200-meter freestyle by nearly a second and wonhis third gold medal. He also set his third world record at the Olympics, 1:42.96, winning by nearly two secondsover silver medalist Park Tae-Hwan.[118]In this race, Phelps became only the fifth Olympic athlete in modernhistory to win nine gold medals, joining Mark Spitz, Larisa Latynina, Paavo Nurmi, and Carl Lewis.[119]

The next day, Phelps participated in two finals. In his first event, the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps made it four gold medals and world records infour events by swimming the final in 1:52.03, defeating silver medalistLszl Cseh by almost seven-tenths of a second despite his goggles'having filled up with water and being unable to "see anything for the last100 meters.[120]This fourth gold medal was his tenth, and made him theall-time leader for most Olympic gold medals won by an individual in themodern Olympic era.[121]Moreover, Phelps became the first swimmer,male or female, to win three Olympic butterfly titles, after his two titles in

the Athens 2004 Olympics. He also became the first swimmer tosuccessfully defend an Olympic butterfly title.

Less than one hour after his gold medal victory in the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps swam the lead-off leg of the4200-meter freestyle relay. With Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay, he won his fifth gold and set hisfifth world record as the American team finished first with a time of 6:58.56. The Americans were the first team to

break the seven-minute mark in the relay, and broke the previous record, set in Melbourne, Australia, by more thafour and a half seconds.[122]

After taking a day off from finals (Phelps did swim in qualifying heats), Phelps won his sixth gold of the Beijing

Games on August 15 by winning the 200-meter individual medley with a world record time of 1:54.23, finishingahead of Cseh by over two seconds.[123]

Seventh gold medal

Before the final of the 100-meter butterfly, Serbian-American swimmer Milorad avi caused a minor stir when hsaid it would be "good" if Phelps lost. "It'd be good for him if he loses. It would be nice if historians talk aboutMichael Phelps winning seven gold medals and losing the eighth to 'some guy.' I'd like to be that guy", avisaid.[124]Phelps responded, "When people say things like that, it fires me up more than anything."[125]On August16, Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Games in the men's 100-meter butterfly, setting an Olympic record
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Phelps starting the 4x100m relay atthe Beijing, August 11, 2008

Epic. It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatestswimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he's maybethe greatest athlete of all time. He's the greatest racer who everwalked the planet.

Mark Spitz (on Phelps winning his 7th gold medal)[131]

Michael Phelps celebrates with histeammates after winning his 8th goldmedal.

for the event with a time of 50.58 seconds and edging out his nearest competitor avi, by one one-hundredth(0.01) of a second.[126]

Unlike all six of his previous events in the 2008 Games, Phelps did not set a new world record, leaving intact IanCrocker's world-record time of 50.40 seconds, set in 2005.

Phelps's 0.01-second finish ahead of avi prompted the Serbiandelegation to file a protest. Subsequent analysis of the video by the FIN

panel, which required analyzing frames shot 1/10,000th of a secondapart, was used to officially confirm Phelps's victory,[127]but the imageswere not immediately released to the press. The initial refusal by officialtimekeeper Omega to release underwater photos of the finish also raisedquestions due to Phelps's sponsorship relationship with Omega.[128]

avi later wrote in his blog, "People, this is the greatest moment of mylife. If you ask me, it should be accepted and we should move on. I'veaccepted defeat, and there's nothing wrong with losing to the greatestswimmer there has ever been."[129]However, in August 2009, Omegaofficials stated that while avi "for sure" touched the wall first, "Phelpsdid it more forcefully," thus registering the time first.[130]

Phelps's seventh gold medal of the Gamestied Mark Spitz's record for gold medalswon in a single Olympic Games, set in the1972 Olympics. It was also his fifthindividual gold medal in Beijing, tying therecord for individual gold medals at asingle Games originally set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 199Summer Games. Said Phelps upon setting his seventh-straight Olympic record of the Games in as many events,"Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible ... I am sort of in a dream world. Sometimes I have to

pinch myself to make sure it is real."[132]

All-time record

On August 17, Phelps won his eighth gold medal in the 4100-metermedley relay, breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals won ina single Olympic Games, which had stood since 1972.[133]Phelps, alongwith teammates Brendan Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, and Jason Lezak, set a

new world record in the event with a time of 3 minutes and 29.34seconds, 0.7 seconds ahead of second-place Australia and 1.34 secondsfaster than the previous record set by the United States at the 2004Olympic Games in Athens. When Phelps dived in to swim the 100-meter

butterfly leg, the third leg of the 400-meter medley, the United States hadbeen trailing Australia and Japan. Phelps completed his split in 50.1seconds, the fastest butterfly split ever for the event, giving teammateJason Lezak a more than half-second lead for the final leg, which he held onto to clinch the event in world recordtime.[134]Said Phelps, upon completing the event that awarded him his eighth gold medal and eighth Olympicrecord in as many events, "Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are ... Anybody can do
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Gold 100 m butterfly 49.82 (WR)





Silver 200 m freestyle 1:43.22

Phelps (center) before the start of the200-meter butterfly semifinal during2009 FINA World Championships.

anything that they set their mind to."[135]



At the 2009 National Championships, Phelps drastically

shortened his program, swimming in only three individualevents. In his first event, the 200-meter freestyle, Phelps wonwith a time of 1:44.23.[136]In his second event, the 200-meter

butterfly, Phelps easily won with a time of 1:52.76, 0.88seconds ahead of the second place finisher.[137]In his thirdevent, the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps won with a world-record time of 50.22.[138]

At the 2009 WorldAquatics

Championships,Phelps won a total of 6 medals, 5 golds and 1 silver. In his first event, th4100-meter freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 47.78, weoff his 47.51 performance in Beijing, but the American team was able toedge out Russia and France for the gold.[139]For his second race, the200-meter freestyle, Phelps lost his first race in four years to Germany'sPaul Biedermann. Phelps touched second in 1:43.22, but Biedermannsmashed Phelps's record of 1:42.96 set in Beijing a year ago with a timeof 1:42.00.[140]Phelps took the silver graciously, but coach BobBowman threatened to withdraw Phelps from international competition

because Bowman claimed Biedermann had an unfair advantage becausehe was wearing a full polyurethane swimsuit, specifically an Arena X-Glide. Bowman said, "It took me five years tget Michael from 1:46 to 1:42 and this guy has done it in 11 months. That's an amazing training performance. I'dlike to know how to do that."[141]Phelps rebounded from this loss and for his third race, the 200-meter butterfly,Phelps won the gold and broke his own world record of 1:52.03 with a time of 1:51.51.[142]For his fourth race,the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:44.49 as the team went on to win the gold medand break the world record set the previous year.[143]After his loss in the 200-meter freestyle, many thoughtPhelps was vulnerable coming into the final for the 100-meter butterfly.[144]His closest competitor, Milorad aviwho wore an Arena X-Glide (the same suit Biedermann beat Phelps with), thought people were making excuses f

Phelps because he was wearing an LZR Racer. avi even offered to buy Phelps a new suit.[145]

For his fifth racethe 100-meter butterfly, Phelps won the gold and became the first man to complete it in under 50 seconds, beatingavi 49.82 to 49.95.[146]The victory prompted a fierce celebration from Phelps, who sat on the lane rope and

pumped his chest and swimsuit.[147]For his final event, the 4100-meter medley relay, Phelps won his fifth goldmedal. Phelps, along with teammates Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, and David Walters, set a new world record inthe event with a time of 3 minutes and 27.28 seconds.[148]

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2010 Irvine Men's swimming



Gold 200 m butterfly 1:54.11Gold 4100 m freestyle relay 3:11.74







Gold 200 m butterfly 1:53.34

Gold 4200 m freestyle 7:02.67

Gold 4100 m medley 3:32.06

Silver 200 m freestyle 1:44.79

Silver 200 m individual medley 1:54.16

See also: 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

At the 2010 National Championships, Phelps competed in fiveindividual events. In the 200-meter freestyle, Phelps won aheadof Ryan Lochte in a time of 1:45.61.[149]About an hour later,Phelps returned to the pool to win the 200-meter butterfly.[150]

But Phelps was not happy with his performance and called itthe "worst" 200-meter butterfly of his life. In the 100-meter

butterfly, Phelps won his 50th national title in 50.65.[151]Afterthe race, Phelps said he was "fairly pleased" with theresult.[152][153]In the 200-meter individual medley, Phelpsfinished second to Lochte 1:55.94 to 1:54.84.[154]It was thefirst time Lochte had beat Phelps in a major national meet.[155]

In the 200-meter backstroke, Phelps finished in 4th place in 1:56.98.[156]

On the first day of competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Phelps opted out swimming inthe final of the 200-meter freestyle to focus on the 200-meter butterfly. In the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps led from

start to finish, coming in first with a time of 1:54.11. Although it was much slower than his 1:51.51 time from theprevious year, Phelps had not lost a 200-meter butterfly final since 2002.[157][158]On day two of the competition,Phelps swam in the heats of the 400-meter individual medley and contributed in the 4200-meter freestyle relay. Ithe heats of the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps failed to make the A final, with Lochte and Tyler Clary takingthe top two American positions.[159]Phelps did not swim in the B final of the 400-meter individual medley. In the4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, with Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, and Lochte, finished first ahead ofJapan and Australia.[160]On day three of the competition, Phelps competed in the 100-meter butterfly andcontributed in the 4100-meter freestyle relay. In the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps finished first in a time of 50.86, championship record.[161]In the 4100-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, with Lochte, Jason Lezak, and NathanAdrian, finished first ahead of Australia and South Africa. As the lead-off leg in the 4100-meter freestyle relay,

Phelps set the championship record in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 48.13. [162]In his final event, Phelpsswam in the 4100-meter medley relay with Aaron Peirsol, Mark Gangloff, and Adrian and finished first ahead ofJapan and Australia.[163]



In his first event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in

Shanghai, Phelps won bronze in the 4100-meter freestylerelay with Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak, and NathanAdrian.[164]This was Phelps's first bronze in a World AquaticsChampionships. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.08, thesecond-best lead-off in the field behind James Magnussen's47.49. In his second event, the 200-meter freestyle, Phelpswon silver for the second consecutive time at a World AquaticsChampionships. This time he finished second to Ryan Lochte inthe event with a time of 1:44.79, compared to Lochte's time of1:44.44.[165]In his third final, the 200-meter butterfly, he won
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Bronze 4100 m freestyle relay 3:11.96


2012 London Men's swimming






Silver 200 m butterfly 1:53.01


his first gold medal with a time of 1:53.34 to become the firstswimmer to win five gold medals in one discipline at the WorldAquatics Championships.[166]In his fourth event, the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps again finished second toLochte in a personal best of 1:54.16, which was 0.16 behind Lochte who swam a new world record.[167]It wasPhelps's 30th medal in the World Aquatics Championships. Shortly after completing the semifinals of the 100-met

butterfly, Phelps competed in the 4200-meter freestyle relay with Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, and RyanLochte. Phelps's team won the gold medal in a time of 7:02.67. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:45.53, the third-

best leg in the field.[168]

In the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps won his third consecutive title (also winning in 2007 and2009) and second individual title of the meet with a time of 50.71. [169]In his last event, the 4100-meter medleyrelay, Phelps teamed with Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff, and Nathan Adrian to win gold in a time of 3:32.06.Phelps's butterfly leg of 50.57 was by far the fastest butterfly leg in the field.[170]


See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

TrialsFor the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps originallystated he would never do eight events again, and would insteadtry new events. Phelps said, "I keep saying I want to go downand start sprinting, but Bob [Bowman, Phelps's coach] reallyisn't so keen on that ... I don't think that's going to happen ...Over the next four years, I'd like to try some different events,maybe not do some of the events I did here."[171][172]

However, at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the

qualifying meet for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Phelpsqualified in the same eight events that he swam in Beijing in2008. He later dropped the 200-meter freestyle from his program, as he stated he wanted to focus on the 4100-meter freestyle relay.[173]During the trials, Phelps finished first in the 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 200meter butterfly, 200-meter individual medley, and second in the 400-meter individual medley. In making his fourthOlympic team, Phelps holds the record for men for the most Olympic appearances in swimming representing theUnited States.[174]

Olympics

On July 28, 2012, Phelps placed eighth in the morning prelims. Phelps, the two-time defending Olympic championwon his 400 IM heat in 4 minutes, 13.33 seconds with a time that was well off his world record of 4:03.84 set fouears ago in Beijing, when Phelps won a record eight gold medals. He had just barely out touched second place

finisher in his heat Laszlo Cseh by 0.07 seconds. In his first finals of the Summer Olympics, Phelps placed fourthbehind fellow American Ryan Lochte, Thiago Pereira of Brazil, and Kosuke Hagino of Japan in the 400-meterindividual medley. It was the first time Phelps failed to medal in an Olympic event since 2000. [175]The next night, his second event of the Games, he got a silver as a member of the 4100-meter free relay. Phelps swam the fastesleg of the US relay team and the second-fastest of anyone in the race.[176]
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In his 100m butterfly heat, Phelps (fourth fromtop) was 8th at the 50m split before winninghis heat and qualifying for the semifinals

On July 31, 2012, Phelps won a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly behind South African Chad le Clos by onl5/100ths of a second, and a gold medal in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, thereby equaling and then surpassingLarisa Latynina to become the all-time record holder for most Olympic medals won.[177][178]Latynina was presenat the race and asked to be the presenter of Phelps's medal, but was told that Olympic rules would not allow it. Shcalled Phelps deserving of the record.[179]

On August 2, 2012, Phelps won his 16th Olympic Gold Medal when he edged out Ryan Lochte to win the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 1:54.27, and by that victory also became the first male swimmer to win thesame event in three consecutive Olympics.[180]Rebecca Soni and Phelps (twice) are the only swimmers tosuccessfully defend an individual title from the 2008 Games.[181]

This win also marked Phelps's fifth Olympic title in the individualmedley, breaking the record of four shared by Hungarian TamsDarnyi and Ukrainian Yana Klochkova.

He repeated the achievement of winning the same event at threeOlympics the following evening, winning the Olympic goldmedal in the 100 m butterfly, his last individual event.[182]After

two very close victories in the 100 m butterfly at the 2004 and2008 Olympics (by 0.04 and 0.01 sec, respectively), in thisrace Phelps beat Le Clos and Yevgeny Korotyshkin, who tiedfor silver, by 0.23 sec.

Phelps's final event was the 4 100 metre medley relay inwhich he went on to win his 18th career gold medal and his22nd overall. By winning 4 gold and 2 silver medals, Phelpsconcluded the 2012 Olympics as the most successful swimmerof the meet for the third Olympics in a row.[183][184]After his last event, the international swimming federation

FINA honored Phelps with an award commemorating his standing as the most decorated Olympian ever.

[184]

Testing for performance enhancing drugs

During the 2008 Olympics, Phelps was questioned by the press as to whether perhaps his feats were "too good tobe true", a reference to unsupported rumors that Phelps might be taking performance enhancing drugs.[185][186]Inresponse, Phelps noted that he had signed up for Project Believe, a project by the United States Anti-DopingAgency in which U.S. Olympians can volunteer to be tested in excess of the World Anti-Doping Agencyguidelines.[187]During the Games, Phelps passed all nine tests that were administered to him.[188][189]

Bob Bowman

Phelps has trained under Bob Bowman since he was 11 years old.[190]Bowman swam for Florida State Universitfrom 1983 to 1985.[191]Phelps has said Bowman reminded him of a drill sergeant because of his disciplined andregimented ways.[192]However, Phelps has said, "Training with Bob is the smartest thing I've ever done ... I'm notgoing to swim for anyone else."[193]After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Bowman was hired as the head coach forthe University of Michigan after Jon Urbanchek retired. Phelps joined Bowman at Michigan to train and attended
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Michael Phelps at Santa Clara,California, 2009.

classes, but did not pursue a degree.[194][195]Phelps served as a volunteer assistant coach at Michigan.[196]Afterthe 2008 Summer Olympics, Bowman returned to Baltimore as CEO at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Phelpalso returned to Baltimore with Bowman.[197]

Personal life

Bob Bowman described Phelps as "a solitary man"[198]with a "rigid

focus"[8]at the pool prior to a race, but afterwards "a man incrediblyinvested in the success of the people he cares about".[8]"He'sunbelievably kind-hearted",[198]recounting Phelps's interaction withoung children after practices.[8]

Controversies

In November 2004, at the age of 19, Phelps was arrested for drivingunder the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland.[199]He pleaded

guilty to driving while impaired the following month and was grantedprobation before judgment and ordered to serve 18 months' probation,fined $250, obligated to speak to high school students about drinking anddriving and had to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) meeting.[200]Questioned about the incidentlater that month by Matt Lauer on the Today Show, Phelps said it was an "isolated incident" and that he had"definitely let myself down and my family down ... I think I let a lot of people in the country down."[8]

In February 2009, publication of a photograph of Phelps using a water pipe, a device used for smoking tobacco omarijuana, resulted in the loss of Kellogg as a sponsor, as well as a three-month suspension from USA Swimming.Phelps admitted that the photo, taken at a student party at the University of South Carolina, was authentic. Phelps

publicly apologized and said his behavior was "inappropriate".[201]

Ian Thorpe

Phelps idolized Australian Ian Thorpe as a teenager, modelling his public image after him. [202]Thorpe initially said was highly unlikely for Phelps to win eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [203]His remarkswere used by Phelps, who stuck them on his locker as motivation during the Games.[204]Thorpe was in the standfor the 4100-meter medley relay, where Phelps was swimming for his eighth Olympic title. When Phelps and histeammates captured the gold, Thorpe gave a congratulatory kiss to Phelps's mother, then gave a handshake and ahug to congratulate Phelps. Thorpe afterwards said "I'm really proud of him not just because he won eight golds.Rather, it's how much he has grown up and matured into a great human being. Never in my life have I been sohappy to have been proved wrong. I enjoyed every moment of it."[133]He added, "I just couldn't envision ithappening. And I didn't think he would get all eight, not because Michael couldn't win, but because of thecompetition. It's been a very tough week to get through. I couldn't do it. You couldn't imagine much closer races.The 4100 free goes down as one of the all-time great races."[205][206]

Philanthropy
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Michael Phelps with im program participants.(left), Michael Phelps Foundation's im logo(right)

Phelps and Maryland House SpeakerMike Busch in April 2009. Both

houses of the Maryland GeneralAssembly honored Phelps that day.

After the 2008 Olympics, Phelps used his $1 million Speedobonus to set up the Michael Phelps Foundation.[207][208][209]Hfoundation focuses on growing the sport of swimming and

promoting healthier lifestyles.[210]

In 2010, the Michael Phelps Foundation, the Michael PhelpsSwim School and KidsHealth.org developed and nationally

piloted the "im" program for Boys & Girls Club members. The iprogram teaches children the importance of being active andhealthy, with a focus on the sport of swimming. It also promotesthe value of planning and goal-setting.[211]imis offered throughthe Boys & Girls Clubs of America[211]and through SpecialOlympics International.[212]The Foundation has since developetwo other programs, Level Field Fund-Swimming and Caps-for

a-Cause.[213][214]

The Foundation's largest event is its annual fundraiser, the Michael Phelps Foundation Golf Classic.[215][216]Phelp

stated he hopes to work with Foundation more after he retires from competition following the 2012 SummerOlympics in London.[217]

Honors and awards

Phelps was a USA Olympic team member in 2000, 2004, 2008 and2012, and holds the records for most Olympic gold medals (18), mostsuch medals in individual events (11), and most such medals at a singlegames (8, in Beijing 2008).[4]A street in his hometown of Baltimore was

renamed The Michael Phelps Way in 2004.

[218]

On April 9, 2009,Phelps was invited to appear before the Maryland House of Delegatesand the Maryland Senate, to be honored for his Olympicaccomplishments.[219]

Phelps has also received the following awards:

Swimming World MagazineWorld Swimmer of the Year

Award: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012[220]

Swimming World MagazineAmerican Swimmer of the YearAward: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,

2012[220][221]

FINA swimmer of the year (since 2010): 2012Golden Goggle Male Performance of the Year (since 2004):

2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009[4]

Golden Goggle Relay Performance of the Year (since 2004): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 [4]

Golden Goggle Male Athlete of the Year (since 2004): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012 [4]

USOC SportsMan of the Year Award: 2004, 2008,[222]201112[223]

James E. Sullivan Award: 2003[224]

Laureus World Sp

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