Biografia de michael phelps en inglés?

(Michael Fred Phelps, Baltimore, 1985) American Swimmer.

Considered the best in the history of the specialty, in 2004 was the sensation of the Olympic Games of Athens and already in those of Peking 2008 exceeded the mythical record of Mark Spitz, obtaining eight gold medals in front of the seven that his countryman had Conquered in the Olympic Games of Munich (1972).

After winning six more medals in 2012 at the London Olympics, Michael Phelps became the most celebrated athlete in the history of games.

Phelps then announced his retirement, but two years later he returned to the competition to prepare for his fifth Olympic participation in Rio de Janeiro (2016), where he crowned his career with six other metals and raised his record to hardly conceivable levels : 28 Olympic medals, 23 Of them of gold.

In order to appreciate the magnitude of the achievement, it is enough to descend a position in the ladder : the second athlete most awarded in the games is the Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who between 1956 and 1964 obtained "only" 18 medals.