Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps is an American swimmer and world-record holder (as of 2006).

Michael Phelps (at the age of 15) first appeared at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as the youngest American male swimmer at an Olympic Games in 68 years. While he did not win a medal, he was fifth in the 200 m Butterfly, Phelps proceeded to make a name for himself in swimming shortly thereafter. Five months after the Sydney Olympics, Phelps broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly to become, at 15 years and 9 months, the youngest man ever to set a swimming world record. He then broke his own record again at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (1:54.58). At the 2002 Summer Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Phelps also broke the world record for the 400 m individual medley and set American marks in the 100 m butterfly and the 200 m individual medley.

With his 8 Gold Metals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Phelps is now the greatest Olympian in history.

According to reports, Phelps recent marijuana exploits have cost him his agreements with Kellogg's and Subway.

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