Name: Michael Phelps

Sport: Swimming

Event(s): 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley

Height: 6-4

Weight: 185

DOB: 6/30/1985

Birthplace: Baltimore, Md.

Hometown: Towson, Md.

High School: Towson High School (Towson, Md.) ’03

College: University of Michigan

Olympic Experience Five-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016); 28-time Olympic medalist (23 golds, 3 silvers, 2 bronzes)

Rio 2016 Olympic Games, gold (4x100m medley, 4x100m free, 200m fly, 4x200m free, 200m medley); silver (100m fly)

London 2012 Olympic Games, gold (100m fly, 200m medley, 4x100m medley, 4x200m free); silver (200m fly, 4x100m free); 4th (400m medley)

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, gold (100m fly, 200m fly, 200m free, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x100m free, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley)

Athens 2004 Olympic Games, gold (100m fly, 200m fly, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley); bronze (200m free, 4x100m free)

Sydney 2000 Games, 5th (200m fly)

With 28 medals – including 23 golds – Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time

Became the first American male swimmer to qualify for five Olympic teams in June 2016

In 2000, he became the youngest 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

World Championship Experience Most recent: 2011 – gold (100m fly, 200m fly, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley); silver (200m free, 200m medley), bronze (4x100m free)

Years of participation: Long Course – 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011; Short Course – 2004

Medals: 34 (27 golds, 6 silvers, 1 bronze)

Gold – 2001 (200m fly); 2003 (200m fly, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x100m medley); 2004 (200m free); 2005 (200m free, 200m medley, 4x100m medley, 4x100m free, 4x200m free); 2007 (100m fly, 200m fly, 200m free, 200m medley, 400m medley, 4x100m free, 4x200m free); 2009 (100m fly, 200m fly, 400m free, 800m free, 4x100m medley); 2011 (100m fly, 200m fly, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley)

Silver – 2003 (100m fly, 4x200m free); 2005 (100m fly); 2009 (200m free); 2011 (200m free, 200m medley)

Bronze – 2011 (4x100m free)

His four individual world records and seven gold medals at the 2007 World Championships made him the winningest athlete in world championship history.