Historia De Michael Philps En Ingles

Michael Philps
Timeline: YEAR EVENT

* 1985 Michael Fred Phelps II was born

* 1992 Took up swimming

* 1994 Is diagnosed with ADHD

* 1995Held the national record for his age group in swimming

* 1999 Took part in a national event for the first time (Junior Nationals)

* 2000 Became theyoungest Olympic swimmer ever to represent the United States

* 2001 Became the youngest (15 yrs 11 months) man ever to set a swimming World Record (200mbutterfly) at the Trials for the World Aquatics Championships

* 2001 Won his first international gold at the World Aquatics Championships (200 m butterfly)

*2003 Won the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award

* 2004 Won his first Olympic Gold (400 m individual medley)

* 2004 Won 6 Gold and 2 Bronze medals atthe Olympics

* 2005 Has a street named Michael Phelps Street in his honor in his hometown, Baltimore

* 2007 Set yet another record by becoming the onlymale swimmer to have set two world
* records in two different events on the same day

* 2008 Won 8 Olympic Golds and broke Mark Spitz' world record for themaximum golds in a single Olympic Games

* 2008 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

* 2009 Sets the last record of his career - ends with a worldrecord of 39 "world records" (29 individual, 10 relay), the most by any swimmer ever

* 2012 Won his 18th gold medal, making him the most decorated Olympianof all time with 22 medals in total; finished with a medal tally of 4 gold and 2 silver medals in his fourth Olympics

* 2012 Retired from competitive swimming