Nominee Name

Michael Phelps - Swimming

Olympic Games experience

Olympic Games Rio 2016 , gold (4x100m medley, 4x100m free, 200m fly, 4x200m free, 200m medley); silver (100m fly)
Olympic Games London 2012, gold (100m fly, 200m medley, 4x100m medley, 4x200m free); silver (200m fly, 4x100m free); 4th (400m medley)
Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (100m fly, 200m fly, 200m free, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x100m free, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley)
Olympic Games Athens 2004, gold (100m fly, 200m fly, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley); bronze (200m free, 4x100m free)
Olympic Games Sydney 200, 5th (200m fly)

Comments to support the individual’s nomination

Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time (28 medals) and the winningest Olympian of all time (23 gold medals). The only male U.S. swimmer to compete on five Olympic teams, he was elected the flagbearer for the U.S. at Rio 2016 before closing out his Olympic career with six medals in Brazil. In 2000, at age 15, he became the youngest American male Olympian since 1932 and his eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games is an Olympic record. During the Beijing Games, Phelps set seven world records, eight American records and eight Olympic records. He set 29 long-course meter swimming world records in individual events, eight world records in relay events, and has the most FINA world championship swimming titles in history with 33. On top of his international success, Phelps made it nearly impossible for other U.S. swimmers to beat him on the sport’s biggest domestic stages, as he captured 36 USA Swimming summer national championships titles from 2003-2015, won four consecutive Olympic trials titles in the 200-meter butterfly (2004-2016) and 200m individual medley (2004-2016), and won three consecutive Olympic trials titles in the 200m freestyle (2004-2012) and 100m butterfly (2008-2016).

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