Michael Phelps Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More

Michael Phelps is an American former competitive swimmer and got total 28 medals. He has made a record of Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), Olympic gold medals (23), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). He secretly got married to the former Miss California USA Nicole Johnson and their marriage revealed after four months of their marriage. He won four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he receives five gold medals and one silver. He made the Michael Phelps Foundation after the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Michael Phelps who was also named Michael Fred Phelps II was born on born June 30, 1985, in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Dumbarton Middle School, Towson High School, and Rodgers Forge Elementary. His mother Deborah Sue "Debbie" Phelps worked as middle school principal. His father Michael Fred Phelps worked as Michael Fred Phelps and now retired. He has Scottish, Welsh, English, German, and Irish. When he was nine years old his parents get separated but his father remarried in 2000. Because of his sister's encouragement, he started swimming at the age of 7.

At the age of 15, he was selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics and he became the youngest swimmer on the team in 68 years. In this competition, he did not win any medal but got the 5th position in the 200-meter butterfly. During the trials of 2001, World Aquatics Championshipshe broke the record of in the 200-meter butterfly. At 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships which was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida he made a record 200-meter individual medley. He won the three gold medal or two silver medal at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Japan.

For 8 years (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2016) he won the Swimming World World Swimmer of the Year Award and for 11 years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2016) he won the Swimming World American Swimmer of the Year Award. In 2008 and 2012 he became the Associated Press Athlete of the Year. In 2017 he received the Laureus Comeback of the Year Award.