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Career Highlights
Captured three national titles at the 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships … claimed five Gold medals at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Games … won six medals, five of them Gold at the 2009 FINA World Championships … Set world records in the 100m fly (first person to ever break 50 seconds), 200m fly, 4x100m medley-relay, and 4x200 free-relay … won three events at the 2009 National Championships (200m
free, 100m/200m fly) and broke the world record in the 100m fly ... made history by winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games, more than any other athlete at an Olympic Games ... during the nine day competition, set seven world records, eight American records and eight Olympic records ... qualified for the 2008 Olympic team by finishing first in the 200m IM, 400m IM, 100m fly, 200m fly, and the 200m free ... set four individual world records and won seven gold medals at the 2007 World Championships to become the winningest athlete in World Championship history ... In 2004, became first athlete ever to win eight medals (six gold) at a non-boycotted Olympic Games … his eight medals tie 1980 USSR gymnast Alexandr Dityatin for most medals by an athlete in a single Olympics … 2003 Sullivan Award winner, becoming the 10th swimmer to be honored as the top amateur athlete in the country … only man to win five U.S. National titles at the same Championships … only man to ever win a U.S. National title in three different strokes at one national championship … youngest male Olympian since 1932 (2000 Olympic Games) … youngest man (15 years, nine months) to break a world record, breaking 200m fly mark at the 2001 Spring Nationals.
Olympics History
2008: Gold 100m FL/ 200m FL (WR)/ 200m IM (WR), 400m IM (WR)/ 200m FR (WR)/ 400m FR-R (WR)/ 800m FR-R (WR)/ 400m MR (WR) ... 2004: Gold 100m FL/ 200m FL/ 200m IM/ 400m IM/ 400m MR, 800m FR-R; Bronze 200m FR & 400m FR-R ... 2000: 5, 200m FL
World Champs History
2009: Gold 100 FL, Gold 200 FL, Silver 200 FR, Gold 400 FR/800 FR/400 MR; 2007: Gold, 200m FR(WR)/100m FL/200m FL(WR)/200m IM(WR)/400m IM(WR)/400m FR-R/800m FR-R(WR) ... 2005: Gold 200m FR(AR), 200m IM, 400m MR(pr), 400m FR-R, 800m FR-R; Silver, 100m FL; 7, 100m FR; 18, 400m FR ... 2003: Gold, 200m FL(WR-semis); Gold, 200m IM(WR, also WR in semis); Gold, 400m IM(WR); Gold, 400m MR-R(pr); Silver, 100m FL(WR-semis); Silver, 800m FR-R (AR, also AR as lead-off) ... 2001: Gold, 200m FL(WR)
World Champs History
2011: Gold 100 Fl, Gold 200 Fl, Silver 200 Fr, Silver 200 IM, Gold 4x200 FR-R, Gold 4x100 MR, Bronze 4x100 FR-R
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 200m FL & 100m FL & 800m FR-R & 400m FR-R & 400m MR ... 2006: Gold, 200m FL(WR) & 200m IM(WR) & 400m IM & 400m FR-R(WR) & 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 200m BK ... 2002: Gold, 200m &400m IM & 400m MR; Silver, 200m FL & 800m FR-R
SC Worlds History
2004: Gold, 200m FR(AR)
Duel in the Pool History
2009: Gold, 100 FL & 400m FR-R(WR) & 400m MR(WR); Silver, 200m FL; Bronze, 100m FR & 200m FR
U.S. Nationals History
2010: 1, 100m FL & 200m FL & 200m FR; 2, 200m IM, 4, 200m BK ... 2009: 1, 100m FL(WR)/200m FR/200m FL
2007 World Rankings
63rd, 50m FR; 3rd, 100m FR; 1st, 200m FR; 10th, 400m FR; 42nd, 50m BK; 2nd, 100m BK; 2nd, 200m BK; 71st, 200m BR; 20th, 50m FL; 1st, 100m FL; 1st, 200m FL; 1st, 200m IM; 1st, 400m IM
2006 World Rankings
8th, 100m FR; 1st, 200m FR; 69th, 400m FR; 121st, 1500m FR; 8th, 100m BK; 5th, 200m BK; 2nd, 100m FL; 1st, 200m FL; 1st, 200m IM; 2nd, 400m IM
2005 World Rankings
8th, 100m FR; 1st, 200m FR; 11th, 400m FR; 23rd, 100m BK; 21st, 200m BK; 2nd, 100m FL; 3rd, 200m FL; 1st, 200m IM; 3rd, 400m IM