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Michael Phelps
American swimmer
Also known as: Michael Fred Phelps II
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Apr. 10, 2024, 2:33 AM ET (MSN)
Swimmer Joseph Schooling retires. He beat Michael Phelps for Singapore's first Olympic gold medal
Michael Phelps (born June 30, 1985, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) American swimmer, who was the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, which included a record 23 gold. At the 2008 Games in Beijing, he became the first athlete to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps was raised in a family of swimmers and joined the prestigious North Baltimore Aquatic Club at age seven. He finished fifth in the 200-metre butterfly at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the 2001 U.S. spring nationals, he became at age 15 the youngest world-record holder in men’s swimming when ...(100 of 904 words)