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The Birth of a Legend
The swimming legend we all know today as Michael Phelps was born on June 30th 1985. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and his parents names were Fred and Debbie Phelps. He was th youngest of three children he had two older sisters named Whitney and Hilary. -
Growing up in a small town
Michael Phelps grew up in the small town of Rodgers Forge in Baltimore, Maryland. He lived in Rodgers Forge for about 17 years of his life. He would often get bullied as a kid but always had his older sisters Whitney and Hilary to watch over him. -
The Phelps Family
MIchael Phelps has a family of five people two sisiters, his mom and dad, and him. His two sisters names are Whitney and Hilary there are both older than Michael and are both also very talented swimmers. His Mom and Dad's names are Fred and Debbie Phelps, they had three children. This is the Phelps family. -
Why he wanted to swim
Michael Phelps's reasoning or influence to become a proffesional swimmer in the United States Olympic swim team was Mark Spitz. Mark Spitz was basically the older Michael Phelps of the 1970's-1980's. Phelps would always watch on the television Spitz swimming in the Olympics for the United States. -
Divorce
Fred and Debbie Phelps were getting tired of each other and got into a big fight that let to a divorce. Mchael was only nine years old at the time so he didn't fully understand what was happening. The two older sisters Whitney and Hilary were about 14-15 so they understood what was going on. -
Children after Divorce
Michael Phelps's parents Fred and Debbie Phelps got a divorce when Michael was about nine years old. All of the Phelps children (Whitney,Hilary,and Michael) went with Debbie because Fred was so mad at his wife that he didn't want to deal with their kids. -
First Record
When Michael Phelps was only ten years old he set his first swimming record. With training from Bob Bowman for about three years Michael was ready to take a break from training and start to compete in swimming competitions. -
Sisters Swimmng
Michael's two older sisiters Whitney and Hilary were both also proffesional swimmers. Whitney tried out to be on the United States Olympics swim team. But due to an injury Whitney had to quit swimming proffesionally and HIlary stopped later on after that. -
Trying Out
Michael Phelps's older sisiter Whitney Phelps wanted to try out for the United States Olympics swimming team but her injury prevented her from doing it. Whitney was extremely proud of Michael when she heard that he was going to try out for the spot on the swimming team. -
First Olympics
Michael Phelps's very first Summer Olympic games were taking place in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000. He was only fifteen years old at the time but did recieve quite a few medals. He was one of the youngest male swimmers there. MIchael finished fifth in the 200-meter butterfly. -
Breaking his own record
In 2001 at Fukuoka, Japan Michael broke his own record in the 200-meter fly. His new time in the 200-meter fly was 1:54:58 a sagnificant improvement in his time than what he got in the last 200-meter fly. Plus he was older so he may have had more expierience. -
Getting the Education
As in most sports you need to have good grades in order to stay on the team. Well that is just what Michael had to do to stay in the Olympics. He went to Townson High school to get his education for the Olympics. -
Winning over Beijing
At the 2008 summer olympics in Beijing, China Michael Phelps won eight gold medals for swimming. Michael got gold medals in the 100-meter fbutterly, the 200-meter butterfly, the 400-meter individual medley, and the 200-meter freestyle. -
The sport of swimming
In the summer olympics in 2008 at Beijing, China Michael Phelps won many gold medals. He has been swimming since he was about seven years old. He has also been setting astonishing swimming records and breaking them. -
College
Michael Phelps is currently going to college at the University of Michigan and is taking a break from swimming to get a good education to move on in the world. He is also considering to quit swimming and start to golf.
