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Michael Phelps

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 06: Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps (L) and actor Will Smith (R) watch as Michael Jordan putts during ARIA Resort & Casino's Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament at Shadow Creek on April 6, 2013 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Michael Phelps take batting practice at Orioles camp

    batting for the Baltimore Orioles... No. 18... Michael Phelps?No, the most decorated Olympian of all time isn't thinking about becoming a professional baseball player. But he did take a few swings Thursday at Orioles camp in Sarasota, Fla.Phelps, a Baltimore   Read more »

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About Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions. In doing so he has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. His five gold medals in individual events tied the single Games record set by compatriot Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics; his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972. Phelps' Olympic medal total is second only to the 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold. Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold Olympic medals, at 14.

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