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How Old Is Michael Phelps? posted on 10/30/2014

Born June 30, 1985, Michael Phelps is renowned swimmer who has won the most medals in the Olympics for swimming, until date. Phelps has won 22 medals in total, which is an all-time record. At the 2008 Olympics, held in Beijing, he won eight gold medals, which created the record for most first-place finishes in a single Olympic game. Five of those medals were for individual events, which tied the single games record. At the 2012 Olympics, held in London, Phelps won two silver and four gold medals, which made him the most successful athlete of the Olympics, third time in a row.

Phelps holds the world record for long course 200 and 400 meters individual medley, 200-meter freestyle, and for 100 and 200 meters butterfly stroke events. He has won 77 medals total, while swimming at international long-course events, which includes 3 bronzes, 13 silvers, and 61 gold medals. The combination of breaking records, and his collection of international awards, has earned him the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award once in 2012, American Swimmer of the Year Award nine times, and World Swimmer of the Year Award seven times.

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