 Everyone knows
who world famous 6'5" 200 lbs. swimmer Michael Phelps is. He's a tall, gorgeous Germanic
pothead like me! Well we are at least both tall and potheads! He has
the better body and I am handsomer methinks. Cough ... cough ... boy I sure am coughing
a lot lately. I need to change my bong water.
He has been so criticized
for being photographed smoking pot and partying. Give the guy a break! There
aren't a lot of job opportunities out there when you main skill is swimming or jumping
in water while making the smallest possible splash. At least the synchronized swimming
team gets to join Cirque de Soleil when the games are over. In fact, as of 202
he is now retired from swimming as fast as possible.
Born in
985, he is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22
medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals
(8, double the second highest record holders), Olympic gold medals in
individual events (), and Olympic medals in individual events for a
male (3). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games,
Phelps took the record for the most first-place finishes at any single
Olympic Games. Five of those victories were in individual events, tying
the single Games record. In the 202 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps
won four golds and two silver medals, making him the most successful
athlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row.
Phelps is the long course world recordholder in the 00-meter butterfly,
200-meter butterfly and 400-meter individual medley as well as the
former long course world record holder in the 200-meter freestyle and
200-meter individual medley. He has won a total of 7 medals in major
international long-course competition, 57 gold, silver, and three
bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific
Championships. Phelps's international titles and record-breaking
performances have earned him the World Swimmer of the Year Award seven
times and American Swimmer of the Year Award nine times as well as the
FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2012. His unprecedented Olympic
success in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of
the Year award. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started the
Michael Phelps Foundation, which focuses on growing the sport of
swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles. He continues to work with
his foundation after the 2012 Olympics, which he has said will be his
last.
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