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Michael Phelps was born in 1985 in Baltimore
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Michael started swimming when he was 7, he did have ADHD so his mom thought swimming would be a good way to release energy. Another reason for his mom signing him up to swim was because his older sister was swimming at the time.
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Phelp's parents got divorced when he was 9, and his father wasn't terribly involved in Michael's life after that.
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Phelps attends the junior nations in Orlando and didn't win any events he was only 14
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Phelps is only 15 when he competes in his first olympics in Sydney, he does not win any medals but comes in 5th in the 200 yard butterfly
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At the 2001 Spring Nationals in the United States, Phelps became the youngest man ever to break a world record in swimming, at the age of 15 years and 9 months
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At the age of 18, in 2003, Phelps won the Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States
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Phelps wins four gold medals and two silver medals during 2003 World Swimming Championships
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Phelps wins his first olympic gold medal along with 5 other gold medal and 2 bronze medals
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Michael Phelps is arrested and pleads guilty for DWI charges
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Phelpss wins the 200 free here a personal best for him and an american record. He also swam the 400 free here and the 100 fly
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Michael competes n the pan pacific swim champoinships and decides that he wants to try to swim the 200 back in the next olympic trials
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In 2007 Phelps gets a world record by swimming a 1:43.86 in the 200 free, at the wrolds Melbourne.
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In 2008 he earned Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year award.
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Phelps wins 8 gold medals in these olympics that is the most any olymipc swimmer has ever got. He also set 7 world records.
