So once I retire I want to travel and see what places are really about. When Phelps and his teammates captured the gold, Thorpe gave a congratulatory kiss to Phelps's mother, then gave a handshake and a hug to congratulate Phelps. In making his fourth Olympic team, Phelps holds the record for men for the most Olympic appearances in swimming representing the United States. 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Phelps holds 20 Guinness World Records which predominantly consist of accumulative Guinness World Records ("Guinness mosts", records formulated starting with "most") for total number of accomplishments and victories in swimming such as: most medals, consecutive number of medals, most medals within one tournament, most records in swimming etc. [124] For his fourth race, the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps set his third world record with a time of 1:54.98, bettering his own world-record time of 1:55.84[125] For his fifth race, the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:45.36 as the American team of Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay went on to win the gold medal and beat the previous world record set by Australia in 2001 with a time 7:03.24. 22.19: Standard. "I didn't want to be alive anymore. With his 6'4" height, that's wider than he is tall! This isn't normal, and it gives Phelps an advantage as a swimmer. READ MORE: Why Michael Phelps Has the Perfect Body for Swimming. 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. [224] He was accompanied by fiance Nicole Johnson and son Boomer. [133] 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. In the 4200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Nate Dusing, Klete Keller, and Chad Carvin, won the silver medal with a time 7:11.81 finishing behind Australia. Phelps then competed in the 100-meter butterfly, tying for the silver medal with Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and Chad le Clos of South Africa. [209] The next night, in his second event of the Games, he got a silver as a member of the 4100-meter free relay. Michael Phelps | Infoplease Updates? At the U.S. spring nationals in 2003, he became the first male swimmer to claim titles in three different strokes at a single national championship, and he later broke an unprecedented five individual world records at the world championships in Barcelona, Spain. [272] The family lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona, where Phelps volunteers alongside Bowman as an assistant coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils swim team. When Phelps' parents divorced in 1994, he and his sisters lived with their mother, with whom Phelps grew very close. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Swimmer Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian in history, is to come out of retirement at the age of 28. The two events in Athens, in which Phelps took bronze medals, were 200-meter freestyle and the 4-by-100-meter freestyle relay. With the latter win, Phelps captured an unprecedented 19th career Olympic medal, surpassing the record set by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. All Rights Reserved. Also his hair eye color, bio, family wiki, nationality and vital statistics info is listed. (Seriously. Michael Phelps set out with the goal "to change the sport of swimming.". ", "Review: 'Michael Phelps: Push the Limit' for Kinect", "Michael Phelps: Could Legendary Olympic Champion Become Professional Golfer? [288][289][290] His foundation focuses on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles. [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. Phelps continued to dominate the sport at the 2007 world championships in Melbourne, where he won seven gold medals (200-metre and 400-metre IM, 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly, 200-metre freestyle, and 4 100-metre and 4 200-metre freestyle relay) and set five world records. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.42 seconds and Neil Walker, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak each expanded the lead to win in a Championship record of 3:12.72, just missing the world record of 3:12.46 set the previous year. During an interview in the midst of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Phelps told NBC that he ate 12,000 calories per day to fuel his five-hour, six-days-per-week training leading up to the Games. "[158], Phelps's seventh gold medal of the Games tied Mark Spitz's record for gold medals won in a single Olympic Games, set in the 1972 Olympics. [183] About an hour later, Phelps returned to the pool to win the 200-meter butterfly. [109], At the 2006 National Championships, Phelps won three events. [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. Best Known As: The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals. [171], At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of 6 medals, 5 golds and 1 silver. This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 11:43. He also claimed gold in the 200-metre IM, becoming the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive Olympics; he later won the 100-metre butterfly for the third consecutive time. I'd like to know how to do that. For the 2017's Shark Week, Michael Phelps raced several breeds of sharks. Phelps's final event was the 4100-meter medley relay in which he went on to win his 18th career gold medal and his 22nd overall. Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated athletes of all time. [285], In September 2014, Phelps was arrested again, this time on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding in Baltimore. [208], On July 28, 2012, Phelps placed eighth in the morning prelims for the 400-meter individual medley. Phelps has set 39 world records, the most of all time. He went for a voluntary 45-day rehab stint, where he faced his issues of abandonment and avoidance towards his father, Fred. [43] While he did not win a medal, he did make the finals and finished fifth in the 200-meter butterfly. He was raised by mother Deborah, alongside his sisters Hilary and Whitney, after his parents divorced. Phelps followed his coach to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where Bowman coached the Wolverines' swim team, to study sports marketing and management. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}10 Things You Might Not Know About Jimmy Butler, Celebrities & Notables Running the Boston Marathon, 7 Facts About Gymnast and TikTok Star Olivia Dunne, Nat Sweetwater Cliftons First NBA Season, 8 Negro League Legends Featured in a New MLB Game, Get to Know NCAA Tournament Star Caitlin Clark. [62] About half an hour later, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4100-meter medley relay. Michael Phelps | The success story of the greatest Olympian of all time [281][282], At age 19 in November 2004, Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland. I am sort of in a dream world. 'I don't think so', "Rio 2016 | Simone Biles dazzles while Phelps wins his 22nd gold on day 6", "Phelps breaks ties for most overall & gold individual medals", "Phelps named USOC's male athlete of the Rio Olympics", "Olympic Great Michael Phelps Ending Retirement", "Michael Phelps left with one meet before Olympic Trials", "Michael Phelps on Olympic future: 'I am not coming back in four years', "Where Does Michael Phelps Rank Among Great Athletes Of All Time? [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 his first finals of the Summer Olympics, Phelps placed fourth behind fellow American Ryan Lochte, Thiago Pereira of Brazil, and Kosuke Hagino of Japan in the 400-meter individual medley. [121] Phelps first gold medal came in the 4100-meter freestyle. [231] Phelps achieved a split time of 47.12, the fourth-fastest of the field (the three fastest times were posted by the team anchors),[231] which was also faster than any of his relay splits at the last three Olympics. The more you dream the more you achieve. "[35] After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Bowman was hired as the head coach for the University of Michigan after Jon Urbanchek retired. Corrections? After dating on and off since 2011, Phelps popped the question in February 2015. [151], 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, finishing ahead of Cseh by over two seconds. Also, he became the second male swimmer ever to win more than two individual titles at a single Games with four, tying Spitz's four from 1972. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. However at a final training camp in Atlanta a week before heading to Rio, Phelps put out "the fourth-fastest flat-start time of the year" in a 100 free time trial, automatically securing one of the seven spots on the Men's 4 100 metre freestyle relay for the Olympics. [100] In the 400-meter freestyle, Phelps did not make it past the preliminary heats and finished 18th overall with a time of 3:50.53. [147] In this race, Phelps became the fifth Olympic athlete in modern history to win nine gold medals, joining Mark Spitz, Larisa Latynina, Paavo Nurmi, and Carl Lewis.[148]. This was typical of someone who is over half a foot shorter, giving him less body to pull through the water. Michael Phelps is considered to be the greatest Olympian swimmer of all time. He tied Spitzs record by winning the 100-metre butterfly final by 0.01 second and broke the mark as a member of the victorious American 4 100-metre medley relay team. At Rio, he won the title that he had lost to Chad le Clos four years earlier in London, edging Masato Sakai by 0.04 s. Phelps stated that winning back this title had been the main goal during his comeback. How Michael Phelps Became the Greatest Swimmer of All Time This time Phelps wanted to swim for himselfand enjoy the journey". I'm done. I'm in a better state of mind this time than I was four years ago.". Michael Phelps - Wife, Medals & Facts - Biography [103] Two days later, on July 28, Phelps finished seventh in the 100-meter freestyle final. [70] Less than half an hour later, Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley title ahead of Ryan Lochte by 2.70 seconds. Two days later, in the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps finished first with a time of 1:57.14, an Olympic record. [211][212] Latynina was present at the race and asked to be the presenter of Phelps's medal, but was told that Olympic rules would not allow it. He turned professional at 14, supplanting Phelps by one year as the youngest male swimmer to forsake his amateur status. "As a kid, I wanted to do something that no one had ever done before, and I'm enjoying it. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time[7] with a total of 28 medals. [210], On July 31, 2012, Phelps won a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly behind South African Chad le Clos by 5/100ths of a second, and a gold medal in the 4200-meter freestyle relay, thereby equaling and then surpassing Larisa Latynina to become the all-time record holder for most Olympic medals won. Michael Phelps: The man who changed swimming | CNN "[138], Phelps set an Olympic record in the preliminary heats of the 400-meter individual medley. [114] In his first event, the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps won in a world record time of 1:53.80, his first world record in two years. 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Phelps swam a 51.10 (also under his former world record), but had to settle for silver. In Athens he won six gold medals and two bronzes, falling just short of Mark Spitzs world record (seven golds at Munich 1972). [224] Since his returning from retirement in 2014, Phelps "scaled back his calorie intake" and "increased his postswim ice baths". Michael Phillips is a swimmer at Aquajet Swim Team / Minnesota. His then-girlfriend Nicole Johnson, their baby, Boomer, and Phelps' mother Debbie watched the Olympic legend break history from the stands in Rio. This gave Phelps an automatic entry into the medley relay, but he deferred and Crocker swam instead. He was born on June 30, 1985, in Baltimore, and was named after his father as Michael Fred Phelps the Second. After he saw swimmers Tom Malchow and Tom Dolan compete at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Phelps began to dream of becoming a champion. In the following race, Phelps eked out a victory by four-hundredths of a second and had an uncharacteristically exuberant celebration in the pool. Phelps is considered one of the greatest Olympians of all time.[261][262][263]. You may be upset to hear that Michael Phelps will NOT be competing in the summer Olympic games this year. Meanwhile, the sports world continued to speculate whether Phelps would compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Michael Phelps announces Death of His Father, Fred Phelps - Today Phelps works for his own charitable foundation, which has a particular emphasis on the mental health of children. The top five teams in the final finished ahead of the world record of 3:12.23 set the previous day by the American B team in a preliminary heat. Michael Phelps Father, Fred Phelps: 4 Facts to Know About Him
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