Project: My sport idol • Complied: Portnyashkin

Project: My sport idol • Complied: Portnyashkin Roman Group: 61111 Teacher: Garipova A. N.

Name: Michael Phelps (Michael Fred Phelps II) • Date of Birth: June 30, 1985 Age: 31 year Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Height: 193 Activities: American swimmer, the only sport in the history of 19 -time Olympic champion

Biography Michael Phelps was born in June 1985 in the city of Baltimore, in the US state of Maryland. He was one of three children of school director Deborah Sue Davisson and footballer Michael Fred Phelps. When Michael was 9 years old, married parents ended. The boy is quite painfully divorce the father and mother. In the second class of the future sports star he was diagnosed with «hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder. » • In pool 7 -year-old brother led an older sister. After 3 years old boy broke the national record in his age group. For further career took a promising swimmer experienced coach Bob Bowman.

Sports career • Under the guidance of coach Michael swiftly climbed the sports Olympus. he was selected in the 15 years to participate in the Olympic Games 2000, becoming the youngest competitor in the history of games. Then, in Sydney, Australia, the swimmer has managed to win only 5 place. But a year later, he surprised everyone by breaking the world record. US swimmer Phelps announced in 2001. • But that was only the beginning of a glorious. In 2003, after graduating from high school, 17 -year-old athlete is 5 times set world records. But the real fame came to him the following year, at the Athens Olympics. 8 medals including 6 gold, Michael Phelps managed to win only Russian gymnast Alexander Dityatin in 1980. As for swimming, the American found himself a pioneer.

• In the same 2004 Phelps moved together for their invariable coach Bob Bowman in Michigan. There he went to the University by the sports management department. • In 2007 Michael went to Melbourne, where he took part in the World Cup. Here he was able to win seven gold medals and set five world records. Name Phelps becomes a household name for all swimmers in the world. • But the sportsman saw before him the vertices, which remained undefeated. He wanted to break the record of compatriot Mark Spitz. The one at the Olympic Games, which were held in Munich in 1972, was able to win seven gold medals. Phelps is intense training. And at the Olympics in Beijing, China in 2008, he has managed to achieve the desired 8 gold medals. Record Spitz, which before was called «eternal», was not only reached but surpassed. • Sport Biography Michael Phelps — this is a series of triumphs. During his career, the American champion has managed to win 19 Olympic gold medals and 32 times to beat world records — for such a result, most of the swimmers in the world can only dream of.

• In the 2012 th, after the Olympic Games in London, the 27 -year-old Michael Phelps announced his decision to put an end to his sports career. But in the 2014 th again took part in the games. • The same heard champion fans in 2012 th: Swimmer again said that the Olympic Games in Brazil will be the last for him. In Rio de Janeiro Phelps once again lived up to the expectations of their fans. He managed to break his own record for gold medals. Now Michael Phelps, the 19 -time Olympic champion. In his piggy 23 awards collected from all Olympic Games, in which he participated.

Personal life Well there was not only a sports career, and personal life of Michael Phelps. He had a happy marriage with model Nicole Johnson, received the title of «Miss California» in 2010. In May 2016, Nicole gave birth to a happy wife of the firstborn, which the couple named Robert.