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Michael Phelps, born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland, is an American swimmer who has won 22 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, eight gold at Beijing in 2008, and four gold and two silver at London in 2012. Phelps holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympics (Beijing, 2008), and set a new record for most Olympic medals in 2012, beating gymnast Larisa Latynina's prior record of 18.

Phelps made his appearance on the world stage as the youngest member of 2000 Sydney Olympic Games team. In Athens in 2004, his haul of six golds and two bronze medals was one of the most amazing performances in Olympic swimming history. Although in 2004 he didn't tie Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Games (Munich 1972), In 2008 in Beijing he won all eight of the events he competed in. He is being hailed as 'the greatest Olympian of all time. And he still plans to continue competing until the 2012 Olympics in London.