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Michael Phelps

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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

Fun Facts

High School

Towson HS '03

College

Michigan

College Major

Sport Management

Parents

Fred and Debbie … father is a police officer, and mother is a Baltimore county middle school principal

Sibling(s)

Two older sisters (Hilary and Whitney) … Whitney was a member of the 1995 World Championship team

Nickname(s)

MP

Pet(s)

One cat and an English bulldog, Herman

Hobbies Outside the Pool

Playing video games, watching television

Ultimate Way to Relax

Sleeping, watching SportsCenter

Most Influential Person

Mother ... “For EVERYTHING she has done for me.”

Charities

Path Finders for Autism, spokesperson for Boys and Girls Club of America … has also volunteered motivating students in the Baltimore-area school system

Training Stats

Swims 2-5 hours a day, 6-7 days a week

More

Starred in a behind-the-scenes documentary entitled Unfiltered: The Story Behind the Rivalry with teammate and rival Ian Crocker that was released in October of 2005; Unfiltered was selected for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival in New York … after the 2004 Games in Athens, Phelps participated in a 14-city post-Olympic tour with fellow Olympic teammates Crocker and Lenny Krayzelburg in an effort to raise the profile of the sport of swimming … co-authored a book with Sports Illustrated’s Brian Cazeneuve entitled, “Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface”; it was released in the fall of 2004

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U.S. city: Baltimore ... int'l destination: Australia ... music: all hip hop ... celebrity: Michael Jordan

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