Michael Phelps:

Michael Phelps Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Personal information Full name: Michael Fred Phelps Nickname(s): The Baltimore Bullet[1] Nationality: United States Stroke(s): Butterfly, Individual Medley, Freestyle, Backstroke Club: Club Wolverine, University of Michigan Date of birth: June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 23) Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 200 pounds (91 kg)

[show] Medal record Men's Swimming Competitor for United States Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly Gold 2004 Athens 200 m butterfly Gold 2004 Athens 200 m individual medley Gold 2004 Athens 400 m individual medley Gold 2004 Athens 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Gold 2004 Athens 4 x 100 m medley relay Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m individual medley Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m individual medley Gold 2008 Beijing 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Gold 2008 Beijing 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Gold 2008 Beijing 4 x 100 m medley relay Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Athens 4 x 100 m freestyle relay World Championships - Long Course Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m butterfly Gold 2003 Barcelona 200 m individual medley Gold 2003 Barcelona 400 m individual medley Gold 2003 Barcelona 4 x 100 m medley relay Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m freestyle Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m individual medley Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m medley relay Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m freestyle Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m butterfly Gold 2007 Melbourne 200 m individual medley Gold 2007 Melbourne 400 m individual medley Gold 2007 Melbourne 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Gold 2007 Melbourne 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Silver 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly Silver 2003 Barcelona 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Silver 2005 Montreal 100 m butterfly World Championships - Short Course Gold 2004 Indianapolis 200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2002 Yokohama 200 m individual medley Gold 2002 Yokohama 400 m individual medley Gold 2002 Yokohama 4 x 100 m medley relay Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m butterfly Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m individual medley Gold 2006 Victoria 400 m individual medley Gold 2006 Victoria 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Gold 2006 Victoria 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Silver 2002 Yokohama 200 m butterfly Silver 2002 Yokohama 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Silver 2006 Victoria 200 m backstroke

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. By the end of 2008, he held seven world records in swimming.

Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the 2008 Olympic Games. With this record, he surpassed American Mark Spitz, who was also a swimmer and had held the previous gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008. In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's record of eight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics; Dityatin garnered eight at the 1980 Summer Olympics, while Phelps won eight medals at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Out of his eight gold medals from Beijing, five were won in individual events, tying the record for individual gold medals at a single Games originally set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps ranks second in total career Olympic medals, after Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, who won a total of 18 medals (nine gold) spanning three Olympic Games.

Phelps's international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and American Swimmer of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Phelps has won a total of 48 career medals thus far: 40 gold, six silvers and two bronze. This includes all of the Championships in which he has competed: The Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. In 2008 Phelps won Sports Illustrated magazine Sportsman of the Year award.