Michael Fred Phelps II (born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States June 30, 1985) is a United States swimmer and world record breaking (since 2006). At the age of 15 years Michael Phelps has participated in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney as the youngest son event Olympic swimmer since 68 years. But he did not win a medal, he finished the fifth in the 200 m butterfly. 5 Months after the Sydney Olympics, Phelps broke the world record 200 m butterfly. Next, at the age of 15 years and 9 months, youngest son of the record-breaking swimmer the world has ever seen. He then broke his own world record in the World Pool Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (1:54:58).

2002 at the national championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Phelps also broke the world record in the 400 m individual style and the U.S. national record in the 100 m butterfly and the 200 m individual style. In 2003, Phelps broke the world record in his own name in the 400 m individual style (4:09:09) and in June, he broke the world record in the 200 m individual style (1:56:04). Then on July 7, 2004, Phelps broke the world record again in his own name in the 400 m individual style (4:08:41) and a mainstay of the United States at the 2004 Olympics.

On 4 November 2004, Phelps was arrested on drunk while driving a car after the break marks
Land Rover stops in his car with two friends. On December 29, 2004, Phelps demanded 18 months of probation. He was fined $ 250, disturbing his mother when he was drunk driving and disturbing the students at three area high school on June 1, 2005.


Phelps bad life does not last long. In Oimpiade Beijing 2008, he had the ambition to break the record Mark Spitz who won seven gold in an Olympic championship. And ambitions into reality. Bringing Phelps 8 gold medals at the Olympics with 5 gold grand title of which is individual, and five of them by breaking the world record.