Michael Phelps is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most thriving and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23) Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, he broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. He has won a total of 82 medals in major international long course competitions, of which 65 were gold, 14 silver, and three bronze, transiting the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Phelps’s international titles and record-breaking performances have made him the World Swimmer of the Year Award eight times and the American Swimmer of the Year Award eleven times. He is widely regarded as the greatest swimmer of all time and is often considered to be one of t