Also Known As: Michael Fred Phelps II Age: 37 Years, 37 Year Old Males Family: Spouse/Ex-: Nicole Johnson father: Michael Fred Phelps mother: Deborah 'Debbie' Phelps, Deborah Phelps children: Boomer Robert Phelps Born Country: United States Swimmers American Men Height: 6'4" (193 cm ), 6'4" Males [54] Phelps broke his first world record on July 22 in the semi-finals for the 200-meter butterfly. Everything I've done, I've been able to learn from - mistakes I've made in the pool, mistakes I've made out of the pool. At the 2012 Olympic Games, held in London, Phelps' Olympic medal count increased to 22, setting a new record for most Olympic medals (beating gymnast Larisa Latynina's prior record of 18). "[26] When Phelps was in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). [13] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,[14] his fifth Olympics, he was selected by his team to be the flag bearer of the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. Phelps went on to compete in the 200-meter individual medley, an event dubbed "the Duel in the Pool" because he faced off against friend, teammate and rival Ryan Lochte, the world record holder in the race. In the fall of 2014, Phelps was arrested again in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland in September for driving under the influence, speeding and crossing double lines. Updates? With his 6'4" height, that's wider than he is tall! Phelpss retirement was short-lived, as he announced his return to competitive swimming in April 2014. Phelps only beat the reef shark by 0.2 seconds, clocking in at 6 miles per hour. [18] He attended Rodgers Forge Elementary, Dumbarton Middle School, and Towson High School. [113], At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, Phelps won five gold medals and one silver. [194] On day three of the competition, Phelps competed in the 100-meter butterfly and contributed in the 4100-meter freestyle relay. Phelps's finish 0.01 seconds ahead of avi prompted the Serbian delegation to file a protest. Phelps swam the fastest leg of the US relay team and the second-fastest of anyone in the race. In the 200-meter freestyle, Phelps won ahead of Ryan Lochte in a time of 1:45.61. [59] About an hour before the final of the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps swam in the semi-finals of the 100-meter butterfly. [214] Rebecca Soni and Phelps (twice) are the only swimmers to successfully defend an individual title from the 2008 Games. [90][91] Phelps's gesture gave Crocker a chance to make amends (for a mistake at the start of a previous race) as well, getting his final shot at a gold medal. [84] In his fourth event, the 200-meter butterfly, held the following day, Phelps won a gold medal with a time of 1:54.04, breaking Tom Malchow's Olympic record. [107] On July 31, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4100-meter medley relay. In January 2018, Phelps delivered an eye-opening account of his battles with depression at the fourth annual conference of the Kennedy Forum, abehavioral health advocacy group. [105] On July 29, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller, won the gold in the 4200-meter freestyle relay with a time of 7:06.58. Every gold medal performance set a new world record, except the 100-meter butterfly, which set an Olympic record. )", "Michael Phelps Is Married to Nicole Johnson", "Michael Phelps Just Got Engaged to Former Miss California USA", "Michael Phelps Relishes the Cheer and Challenge of His New Reality", "Phelps baby No. But the road to being the world's greatest swimmer did not come easy and is full of weak moments that has led to his two driving under the influence charges (DUIs) and his famous bong incident. "[220], In April 2014, Phelps announced he would come out of retirement, and would enter an event later that month. He took the gold in each of his first three eventsthe 400-metre IM, the 4 100-metre freestyle relay, and the 200-metre freestyleand each victory took place in world record time. Michael Phelps is arguably the greatest Olympian ever. Career in swimming. I'm not going to swim for anyone else. 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[298], In 2017, Phelps joined the board of Medibio, a company focused on diagnosis of mental health disorders. Michael Phelps, in full Michael Fred Phelps II, (born June 30, 1985, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), American swimmer, who was the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, which included a record 23 gold. By the 2016 Olympic Trials, despite his age Phelps "felt physically stronger in the water, perhaps because of drills Bowman added to his pool workouts, like multiple repeats of 40 seconds of dolphin kicking while hugging a 10-pound weight to his chest".[225]. Where's the next person? And I think it's sad.". ", "Usain Bolt vs. Michael Phelps: Who's The Greatest Olympian Of All Time? In October of that year, he was suspended by USA Swimming for six months after he was charged with driving under the influence, his second such arrest; the first had occurred in 2004. When Phelps dived in to swim the 100-meter butterfly leg, the third leg of the 400-meter medley, the United States had been trailing Australia and Japan. "[265], Phelps is an avid golfer, and has competed in numerous amateur and pro-am golf tournaments; he considered becoming a professional golfer after retiring from swimming. 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. On July 24, in the semi-finals of the 200-meter individual medley, he broke his own world record with a time of 1:57.52. 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Fred visited his son in rehab, and the two worked out their issues. And 24 years in the sport. [69] After two days off, Phelps was back in the pool and finished second to Aaron Peirsol (who broke the world record) in the 200-meter backstroke. [173] Phelps took the silver graciously, but coach Bob Bowman threatened to withdraw Phelps from international competition because Bowman claimed Biedermann had an unfair advantage because he was wearing a full polyurethane swimsuit, specifically an Arena X-Glide. 22.19: Standard. I think that's pretty cool. [74] Even though Phelps did not compete in the 100-meter freestyle at the Trials, he was still selected for the 4100-meter freestyle relay. This article is about the American swimmer. He is widely regarded as the greatest swimmer of all time and is often considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. My sisters and myself fell in love with the sport, and we decided to swim. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Phelps competed in six individual events. [52] Phelps said he broke the 200-meter individual medley world record after Don Talbot said Phelps was unproven, using his words as motivation. Thats all I can do. [186][187] In the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps finished second to Lochte 1:55.94 to 1:54.84. [249] For Phelps and Lochte, this was their 4th consecutive gold medal in this event,[250] an all-time record in swimming for any event. [106] On July 30, Phelps swam in his last individual event, the 100-meter butterfly. [287] With Phelps off the team, the United States failed to qualify for the finals of the 4 100 m freestyle relay. Just weeks following his triumph in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland, after cruising through a stop sign. He has competed in the Summer Olympic games in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Michael Phelps, the Olympic swimming champion, has offered his thoughts on the transgender-swimmer controversy. Michael called it an "isolated incident," but admitted to letting himself and his family down. Phelps married Nicole Johnson on June 13, 2016. [244][253], In the 100 m butterfly, Phelps was defeated in his last individual event of the Rio Olympics by Singaporean Joseph Schooling, when he earned joint silver along with Chad le Clos and Lszl Cseh. Eat, sleep and swim. [179] For his fifth race, the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps won the gold and became the first man to complete it in under 50 seconds, beating avi 49.82 to 49.95. [239], After the 2008 Olympics, Phelps used his $1million Speedo bonus to set up the Michael Phelps Foundation. [41][42], Phelps's rapid improvement culminated when he qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 15, as he became the youngest male (since Ralph Flanagan in 1932) to make a U.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years. In December 2015 at the Winter Nationals in Federal Way, Phelps won titles in the same three events, again in long course, bringing his career total to 62 national titles. Their times were later compared. 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 and two silvers. [60] However, in the final of the 100-meter butterfly, on July 26, Ian Crocker erased Phelps's world record with a time of 50.98, to become the first man under 51 seconds. This time he finished second to Ryan Lochte in the event with a time of 1:44.79, compared to Lochte's time of 1:44.44. 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. Michael Fred Phelps II [5] (born June 30, 1985) [6] is an American former competitive swimmer. It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he's maybe the greatest athlete of all time. At the 2012 Olympics in London, Phelps had a disappointing start, failing to medal in his first event, the 400-metre IM. [150] Moreover, Phelps became the first swimmer, male or female, to win three Olympic butterfly titles, after his two titles in the Athens 2004 Olympics. Honestly, were kind of taking it day by day. He won gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly (50.45 s),[226] 200-meter butterfly (1:52.94),[227] and the 200-meter individual medley (1:54.75). As the first Olympic swimmer to earn a spot on five Olympic teams and one of the oldest individual swimmer to earn Olympic. London 2012 was also astonishing he got four golds and two silvers while Rio 1016 saw him stage a historic comeback (he had decided to retire after London), aged 31, to bag five gold medals and one silver. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Nicole Phelps knows she's "married to the most incredible human being," Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, but their love . He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time[7] with a total of 28 medals. [149] This fourth gold medal was his tenth, and made him the all-time leader for most Olympic gold medals won by an individual in the modern Olympic era. 23 in medley relay", "The United States says it has won 1,000 Olympic gold medals, but it may only have 999", "Olympic swimming results 2016: Michael Phelps leads U.S. to medley relay gold in his final Olympic race", "Golden finale: Michael Phelps captures his 23rd Olympic gold with relay win", "Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on his "new chapter" after retirement", "Rio Olympics 2016: a visual analysis of Phelps, Biles and Bolt", "Rio Olympics 2016: Phelps, Bolt, Owens who is the greatest Olympian of all time? His mother, Deborah Sue "Debbie" Phelps (ne Davisson), is a middle school principal. I've accepted defeat, and there's nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been. [178] His closest competitor, Milorad avi, who wore an Arena X-Glide (the same suit Biedermann beat Phelps with), thought people were making excuses for Phelps because he was wearing an LZR Racer. Michael Fred Phelps II[5] (born June 30, 1985)[6] is an American former competitive swimmer. I'm done. Crocker won in a time of 50.76, a world record and 0.39 seconds ahead of Phelps. At the 2001 U.S. spring nationals, he became at age 15 the youngest world-record holder in mens swimming when he posted 1 min 54.92 sec in the 200-metre butterfly. USA TODAY 0:03 0:41 Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and wife Nicole let the world know they are a family of five and have a "house full of boys" by announcing the birth of their third son with. [270][271] They have three sons together. [171], At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of 6 medals, 5 golds and 1 silver. Whitney tried out for the U.S. Olympic team in 1996, but injuries derailed her career. No more," and that "I just wanted to be done with swimming and didn't want anything to do with the sport anymore. I'd like to be that guy", avi said. [33] Phelps has said Bowman reminded him of a drill sergeant because of his disciplined and regimented ways. [293] The Foundation has since developed two other programs, Level Field Fund-Swimming and Caps-for-a-Cause. [235], In his first event on August 7, the 4 100 m freestyle relay, he won his first gold medal of the 2016 Games and his 19th Olympic gold medal overall. [266] At the 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a pro-am tournament in which he was paired with golfer Paul Casey, Phelps set the world record for the longest televised putt in history, sinking a putt from 159 feet away. [63] Phelps did not swim in the finals, but still earned a medal because he swam in the heats. 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. Upon finishing, the most decorated Olympian in history received a standing ovation from the crowd. Even though he did not win a medal . With his seven titles, Phelps tied Spitz for most wins at a major international meet. Persistence, money and. 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). He later dropped the 200-meter freestyle from his program, as he stated he wanted to focus on the 4100-meter freestyle relay. "People are talking about it and I think this is the only way that it can change.". [127] For his seventh 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. [91] The American medley team went on to win the event in world-record time, and, since Phelps had raced in a preliminary heat of the medley relay, he was also awarded a gold medal along with the team members who competed in the final. 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. [3] A street in his hometown of Baltimore was renamed The Michael Phelps Way in 2004. That is for sure.. [197], In his first event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Phelps won bronze in the 4100-meter freestyle relay with Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak, and Nathan Adrian. 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CNN . In his second event, the 200-meter freestyle, Phelps won silver for the second consecutive time at a World Aquatics Championships. Afterwards, Thorpe said "I'm really proud of him not just because he won eight golds. [104] Later that day, Phelps won his third gold in the 200-meter individual medley. In the 100-meter butterfly, Phelps won his 50th national title in 50.65. Subsequent analysis of the video by the FINA panel, which required analyzing frames shot 1/10,000th of a second apart, was used to officially confirm Phelps's victory,[156] but the images were not immediately released to the press. [80][81] In the event many were calling The Race of the Century, the 200-meter freestyle that was held the following day, Phelps finished in third place behind Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband. In April 2014, Phelps put the retirement rumors to rest and announced plans to compete at the Mesa Grand Prix in Arizona. Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete in history and holds a total of 28 Olympic Medals (23 of them gold) He is considered by many to be the greatest swimmer of all time. ; Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images, 10 Things You Might Not Know About Jimmy Butler, Name: Michael Phelps, Birth Year: 1985, Birth date: June 30, 1985, Birth State: Maryland, Birth City: Baltimore, Birth Country: United States. He is now retired and is married to Nicole, with whom he has three sons, Boomer, Becker, and Maverick. His retirement came just days after finishing his fifth Olympics with five golds and a silver medal. [188] It was the first time Lochte had beat Phelps in a major national meet. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.08, the second-best lead-off in the field behind James Magnussen's 47.49. Michael Phelps, the 23-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, announced on Instagram that his father has died. [58] On July 25, in the final of the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps smashed his own record with a time of 1:56.04 to win the gold medal and finished almost 3 seconds ahead of Ian Thorpe. Phelps touched second in 1:43.22, but Biedermann smashed Phelps's record of 1:42.96 set in Beijing a year ago with a time of 1:42.00. Before the race, cameras caught le Clos warming up in front of Phelps, who fixed an icy stare upon his rival that instantly became a meme on social media platforms. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! [237] Phelps's leg proved to be the decisive factor in the race, and Gilot later remarked "As fast as my teammates were, the extraterrestrial that is Phelps was faster". He has won 82 medals in major international long course competitions, of which 65 were gold, 14 silver, and three bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he's maybe the greatest athlete of all time. [223][224] The relationship between Phelps and coach Bob Bowman had deteriorated in the preparations for London 2012, so Phelps convinced a skeptical Bowman that he "wasn't training for history. Michael Phelps' Wife & Kids - Cute Family Photos! [21] Phelps later revealed that the divorce had a severe negative impact on him and his siblings, and his relationship with his father was distant for a few years after the divorce. 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