All the Americans are proud of Michael Phelps. He is the top ranked athelete of the world. By winning 14 Gold medals in the Olympic, he has surpassed four other Olympians who had held the record with nine. He has set new world records in seven of the eight events in Bejing Olympics. Greatest achievement was to break the 36 years old recrod of Mark Spitz (7 Gold) by winning 8 Gold Medals in an Olympic. In 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he became the first American to win eight medals (6 gold, 2 bronze) in one Olympiad (Mark Spitz won 7 Gold). He was also the first swimmer to ever qualify for six individual events at one Olympiad. At the age of 15, Michael Phelps became the youngest swimmer to make the U.S. National Olympic Team since 1932. In 2001, he became the youngest male swimmer ever to set a world record breaking the previous best time in the 200-meter butterfly.

Biography

The given name: Michael Fred Phelps II

Aliases: "The Baltimore Bullet"

Date of birth: June 30, 1985

Place of Birth: Baltimore, MD (United States)

Residence: Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Parents: Debbie and Fred Phelps.

Sisters: Whitney and Hillary. Whitney was also a swimmer and was a member of the 1994 World Championship Team.

Height: 6'4"

Gender: Male

Weight: 91 kg

Sport: Swimming

Education: He graduated from Towson High School in Towson, Maryland

Beijing Olympic 2008:

No. of Gold Medals = 8

Events:

1. Men's 400m Individual Medley

2. Men's 200m Freestyle

3. Men's 200m Butterfly

4. Men's 200m Individual Medley

5. Men's 100m Butterfly

6. Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay

7. Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay

8. Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay