Meet Olympic Champion and Record-holder Michael Phelps
American swimmer, Michael Phelps is a Baltimore native who has won seven gold medals and set five world records in his career, so far. Sheesh. He’s only 22 years old!
Phelps is also the current holder of four Olympic records and four individual and two team world long distance records. During 2004 Athens Games, he won six gold medals and two bronze ones. And currently holding 12 world titles.
How impressive a track record is that?! Goodness.
To be more specific, esp with regards to world/Olympic records, Phelps is the holder of the Olympic 100 and 200m butterfly and 200 and 400m individual medley records, six world long distance records (200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200 and 400m individual medley and 4×100m and 4×200m freestyle), this includes the 200m butterfly record set in 2001, which he had broken five times since then! During the World Championships held in Melbourne, Australia in 2007, he actually won seven titles. Arrggh.
In Japan, Michael Phelps beat the world 200m butterfly record, becoming the youngest swimmer ever to set a world record. He went on to Barcelona, Athens, Indianapolis and Montreal – all cities whose swimming pools were to be graced by the talent of this young athlete.
At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games alone, the young record-breaker stood on the podium eight times, and set four Olympic records and one world record. He pulverised his own records or bettered the previous record by one second, like the 200m butterfly (1.31 seconds) and the 400m individual medley (3.50 seconds). (olympic.org)
Now, Phelps is closing on Mark Spitz’s record set during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, i.e. seven gold medals in a single edition of the Games! That’s why it’s not a surprise that he’s currently a favourite for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. I can’t wait how he’ll fare then!
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1 opinion for Meet Olympic Champion and Record-holder Michael Phelps
Luke
Aug 13, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Hehe
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