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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 the same event in three consecutive Olympics.
London 2012 was also astonishing – he got four golds and two silvers – while Rio 2016 saw him stage a historic comeback (he had decided to retire after London), aged 31, to bag five gold medals and one silver.
Michael Fred Phelps II ( Baltimora, 30 giugno 1985) è un ex nuotatore statunitense . Soprannominato The Baltimore Bullet (Il Proiettile di Baltimora), [1] [2] è l'olimpionico più decorato della storia, con il maggior numero di medaglie (28), medaglie d'oro (23), medaglie individuali (16) e medaglie d'oro individuali (13). [3] [4] [5] [6]
Full highlights from the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final in which Michael Phelps win's his record breaking 19th Olympic Medal as the USA secure Gold at ...
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- Olympics
- In The Beginning
- 2000 Olympic Games
- 2001 Nationals and Fina World Championships
- 2004 Olympic Games
- 2007 Fina World Championships
- 2008 Olympic Games
- 2009 and 2011 Fina World Championships
- 2012 Olympic Games
- Retirement
- The Return
Michael Phelps was born in Towson, Maryland on June 30, 1985 to Fred and Debbie Phelps. While following in the wake of his two older sisters, Whitney and Hilary, a young Phelps was initially fearful of putting his face in the water. However, he overcame this discomfort and, in 1996, was inspired by the performances of Tom Malchow and Tom Dolan duri...
Though Phelps struggled in school and was diagnosed with ADHD, he focused most when it came to swimming. In 2000, Phelps found himself in Sydney, Australia, having qualified in the 200-meter butterfly. At 15, he was the youngest male Olympian the United States had presented in nearly 70 years. While he did not medal at the meet, he competed in the ...
The next year, during World Championship Trials at the Phillips 66 Nationals, Phelps broke his first world record in the same event in which he had competed at the Sydney Games, the 200-meter fly. Still 15, he also became the youngest male swimmer to break a WR – a title previously held by none other than Ian Thorpe, who had broken the 400-meter fr...
In the following years, Phelps built his repertoire, proving himself on multiple occasions as not only a butterfly guru, but also a freestyle, backstroke, and I.M. expert, focusing on the shorter end of middle distance swimming. At the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, he earned six gold and two bronze medals. On the first day of the meet, Phelps won o...
In 2007, he acknowledged his plans to beat the record of most first place finishes in a single Olympics, then held by Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich Games. While Phelps could have done so in 2004, those plans were derailed by Thorpe and van den Hoogenband in the 200 free, and again by the loss of the 4×100 free relay, for ...
In the months leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, neither Mark Spitz nor Ian Thorpe expressed support or belief in their would-be protégé. Phelps proved them wrong, blasting competition out of the water eight times in a row, including two relay events, during which he relied heavily on the attitude and preparedness of his teammates. He al...
At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, facing rumors that he was out of shape and out of mind, Phelps lost his first race in four years to relative newcomer, Paul Biedermann, which prompted controversy regarding the potential unfair advantage Biedermann might have gained from his full polyurethane suit, the Arena X-Glide. Phelps, who wore a Speed...
Phelps’ goal for his last Games was to become the most decorated Olympian of all time – no small feat, even if it did not require solely first place finishes. His first event, the 400 I.M., which he once vowed never to swim again, was a major disappointment. He did not medal, touching fourth, while longtime rival and friend, Ryan Lochte, rejoiced i...
During his quasi-retirement, Phelps focused on the Michael Phelps Foundation, which he founded with Bowman after his success in Beijing. He continues to support youth interest in the sport of swimming and promotes the importance of a healthy lifestyle. For a time, he traveled around the world attending golf competitions, and was even on a golfing t...
In January 2014, Phelps joined the NBAC on their winter training trip, appearing on teammates’ social media as merely a spectator enjoying the beach. In late March, Bowman entertained hypothetical questions regarding Phelps’ fitness in correlation with upcoming meets, but it wasn’t until April that Phelps resurfaced. Phelps returned to competition ...
4 ago 2012 · Phelps is the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 butterfly, the 200 freestyle and the 200 and 400 individual medley. He was also part of the gold-medal squads in the 400 medley relay ...
2 apr 2014 · 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).
