Michael Phelps! <33 WORLD BEST SWIMMER.

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American swimmer who holds World Records in several events. Phelps won eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, six of which were gold^[4], which tied the record for medals at a single Olympics, a record that had been held by Alexander Dityatin since 1980.^[5] Phelps' international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being named World Swimmer of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and American Swimmer of the Year in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. He has qualified to compete in eight swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he has won two gold medals in the two events he has swum in so far.

Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps in Athens 2004
Personal information
Full name:	Michael Fred Phelps
Nickname(s):	MP
Nationality:	United States
Stroke(s):	Butterfly, Individual Medley, Freestyle, Backstroke
Club:	Club Wolverine, University of Michigan
Date of birth:	June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 23)
Place of birth:	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	195 pounds (88 kg)

Year	Meet	Venue	Distance	Event	Result
2001	World Championships (LC)	Fukuoka, Japan	200 m	Butterfly	1st (WR)
2002	Pan Pacific Championships	Yokohama, Japan	200 m	Butterfly	2nd
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st
			400 m	Individual Medley	1st
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	2nd
			4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st (WR)
2003	World Championships (LC)	Barcelona, Spain	100 m	Butterfly	2nd
			200 m	Butterfly	1st (WR)
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			400 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	2nd (AR)
			4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	200 m	Freestyle	3rd (AR)
			100 m	Butterfly	1st (OR)
			200 m	Butterfly	1st (OR)
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st (OR)
			400 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
			4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	3rd
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st (AR)
	World Championships (SC)	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	200 m	Freestyle	1st
2005	World Championships (LC)	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	200 m	Freestyle	1st
			100 m	Butterfly	2nd
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st
			4 x 100 m	Medley Relay	1st
			4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
2006	Pan Pacific Championships	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	200 m	Backstroke	2nd
			200 m	Butterfly	1st (WR)
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			400 m	Individual Medley	1st
			4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st (WR)
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st (AR)
2007	World Championships (LC)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st
			4 x 200 m	Freestyle Relay	1st (WR)
			200 m	Freestyle	1st (WR)
			200 m	Butterfly	1st (WR)
			200 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			100 m	Butterfly	1st
			400 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	400 m	Individual Medley	1st (WR)
			4 x 100 m	Freestyle Relay	1st (WR)

Currently held records

Record	Distance	Event	Time	Location	Date
World	200 m (lc)	Freestyle	1:43.86	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 27
	200 m (lc)	Butterfly	1:52.09	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 28
	200 m (lc)	Individual Medley	1:54.80	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	2008 July 4
	400 m (lc)	Individual Medley	4:03.84	Beijing, China	2008 August 10
	4 x 100 m (lc)	Freestyle Relay	3:08.24	Beijing, China	2008 August 11
	4 x 200 m (lc)	Freestyle Relay	7:03.24	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 30
American	100 m (lc)	Freestyle	47.51	Beijing, China	2008 August 11
	200 m (sc)	Freestyle	1:43.78	East Meadow, New York, USA	2006 February 4
	200 m (sc)	Butterfly	1:52.27	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2003 November 28
	200yd	Freestyle	1:32.08	Austin, Texas, USA	2005 March 3
	200yd	Butterfly	1:39.70	Austin, Texas, USA	2006 March 4
	400yd	Individual Medley	3:36.26	Austin, Texas, USA	2006 March 3
Set in US	200 m (lc)	Freestyle	1:44.10	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	2008 July 1
	200 m (lc)	Backstroke	1:54.65	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	2007 August 1
	200 m (lc)	Butterfly	1:52.20	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	2008 July 3
	200 m (lc)	Individual Medley	1:55.94	College Park, Maryland, USA	2003 August 9
	4 x 200 m (lc)	Freestyle Relay	7:12.35	Irvine, California, USA	2005 August 5
	200 m (sc)	Freestyle	1:43.78	East Meadow, New York, USA	2006 February 4
	400 m (sc)	Individual Medley	4:03.99	East Meadow, New York, USA	2006 February 3
	200yd	Butterfly	1:39.70	Austin, Texas, USA	2006 March 4
	400yd	Individual Medley	3:36.26	Austin, Texas, USA	2006 March 3

World records

With 27 world records (23 individual, 4 relay), as of August 2008, Phelps is approaching Mark Spitz's record of 33 world records (26 individual, 7 relay). All of the records were set in a long course (50 meter) pool.

No.	Distance	Event	Time	Location	Date
1	200 m	Butterfly	1:54.92	Austin, Texas, USA	2001 March 30
2	200 m	Butterfly (2)	1:54.58	Fukuoka, Japan	2001 July 24
3	400 m	Individual Medley	4:11.09	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA	2002 August 15
4	4x100 m	Medley Relay[a]	3:33.48	Yokohama, Japan	2002 August 29
5	400 m	Individual Medley (2)	4:10.73	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	2003 April 6
6	200 m	Individual Medley	1:57.94	Santa Clara, California, USA	2003 June 29
7	200 m	Butterfly (3)	1:53.93	Barcelona, Spain	2003 July 22
8	200 m	Individual Medley (2)	1:57.52	Barcelona, Spain	2003 July 24
9	100 m	Butterfly	51.47	Barcelona, Spain	2003 July 25
10	200 m	Individual Medley (3)	1:56.04	Barcelona, Spain	2003 July 25
11	400 m	Individual Medley (3)	4:09.09	Barcelona, Spain	2003 July 27
12	200 m	Individual Medley (4)	1:55.94	College Park, Maryland, USA	2003 August 9
13	400 m	Individual Medley (4)	4:08.41	Long Beach, California, USA	2004 July 7
14	400 m	Individual Medley (5)	4:08.26	Athens, Greece	2004 August 14
15	200 m	Butterfly (4)	1:53.80	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2006 August 17
16	4x100 m	Freestyle Relay[b]	3:12.46	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2006 August 19
17	200 m	Individual Medley (5)	1:55.84	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2006 August 20
18	200 m	Butterfly (5)	1:53.71	Columbia, Missouri, USA	2007 February 17
19	200 m	Freestyle	1:43.86	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 27
20	200 m	Butterfly (6)	1:52.09	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 28
21	200 m	Individual Medley (6)	1:54.98	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 29
22	4x200 m	Freestyle Relay[c]	7:03.24	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 March 30
23	400 m	Individual Medley (6)	4:06.22	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2007 April 1
24	400 m	Individual Medley (7)	4:05.25	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	2008 June 29
25	200 m	Individual Medley (7)	1:54.80	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	2008 July 4
26	400 m	Individual Medley (8)	4:03.84	Beijing, China	2008 August 10
27	4x100 m	Freestyle Relay[d]	3:08.24	Beijing, China	2008 August 11