He was raised by mother Deborah, alongside his sisters Hilary and Whitney, after his parents divorced. [200], In his fourth event, the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps again finished second to Lochte in a personal best of 1:54.16, which was 0.16 behind Lochte who swam a new world record. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. At 31-years-old, Phelps retired from swimming as the greatest of all-time. In his first event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps won gold ahead of Erik Vendt with a time of 4:12.48. [201] It was Phelps's 30th medal in the World Aquatics Championships. Phelps completed his split in 50.1 seconds, the fastest butterfly split ever for the event, giving teammate Jason Lezak a more than half-second lead for the final leg, which he held onto to clinch the event in world record time. Fred visited his son in rehab, and the two worked out their issues. I feel most at home in the water. Best Known As: The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals. [50] At the 2003 Duel in the Pool, a meet that pits swimming stars from Australia and the United States, Phelps broke the world record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:10.73 and almost broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly, just missing the record by 0.03 seconds. [45] At the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Phelps broke his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly while en route to become a world champion for the first time. More age group records followed, and as of August 21, 2018, Phelps still held 11 age group records, eight in long course,[30] and three in short course. He was raised by mother Deborah, alongside his sisters Hilary and Whitney, after his parents divorced. Michael Phelps' wife opens up about Olympian's depression struggles He also won gold in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly, 200-meter individual medley, 4-by-200-meter freestyle relay and 4-by-100-meter medley relay). [184] But Phelps was not happy with his performance and called it the "worst" 200-meter butterfly of his life. [281][282], At age 19 in November 2004, Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland. Coach Bowman coached Phelps through all five Games, and all 28 medals. Michael Phelps set out with the goal "to change the sport of swimming.". Corrections? "[163], During the 2008 Olympics, Phelps was questioned by the press as to whether perhaps his feats were "too good to be true", a reference to unsupported rumors that Phelps might be taking performance-enhancing substances. On Saturday night, the 31-year-old won his record twenty-eight Olympic medal with 23 of them gold. "[175] Phelps rebounded from this loss and for his third race, the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps won the gold and broke his own world record of 1:52.03 with a time of 1:51.51. [115] In his second event, the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps easily won with a time of 4:10.47, 3.38 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Robert Margalis. [182], At the 2010 National Championships, Phelps competed in five individual events. Honestly, were kind of taking it day by day. 22.19: Standard. [33] Phelps has said Bowman reminded him of a drill sergeant because of his disciplined and regimented ways. [38] After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bowman returned to Baltimore as CEO at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. [242] In the ready room prior to the preliminary race, Le Clos's shadow boxing while Phelps "glowered in a corner" spawned the Internet meme with the hashtag #PhelpsFace. [18], In February 2009, a photograph of Phelps using a bong went viral; this resulted in the loss of the Kellogg's as a sponsor, as well as a three-month suspension by USA Swimming. He also claimed gold in the 200-metre IM, becoming the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive Olympics; he later won the 100-metre butterfly for the third consecutive time. [235], In his first event on August 7, the 4 100 m freestyle relay, he won his first gold medal of the 2016 Games and his 19th Olympic gold medal overall. "As a kid, I wanted to do something that no one had ever done before, and I'm enjoying it. 23 in medley relay", "The United States says it has won 1,000 Olympic gold medals, but it may only have 999", "Olympic swimming results 2016: Michael Phelps leads U.S. to medley relay gold in his final Olympic race", "Golden finale: Michael Phelps captures his 23rd Olympic gold with relay win", "Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on his "new chapter" after retirement", "Rio Olympics 2016: a visual analysis of Phelps, Biles and Bolt", "Rio Olympics 2016: Phelps, Bolt, Owens who is the greatest Olympian of all time?
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