Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps is the most renown swimmer in the entire world. Being the most decorated Olympian with twenty-two Olympic medals. He was the youngest person, at fifteen years old, to compete in the 2000 summer Olympics. He was breaking records left and right. Many people started to notice Michael. He became a professional swimmer at age sixteen and his whole life changed from then on out. This legendary swimmer was born on June thirtieth, 1985. His dad was an all around athlete so it couldn't be more obvious that his dad was who influenced him. But when his parents got divorced in 1994 he went to live with his mom and three sisters whom he became very close with. With his dad no longer around he followed after his sisters; joining the local swim team along with therm. He started to desire being a…

Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated Olympians to ever swim, doing something no other olympian has ever done: that is to win 23 gold medals throughout his Olympic career. Tim Layden explains, “On August 14, 2004, a 19-year-old from Baltimore won his first Olympic medal, a gold in the 400 individual medley in Athens” (Layden 31). That would be the first of 28 medals in Phelps career as an Olympic swimmer. Phelps would learn more about himself throughout the 4 Olympics he competed in. In…

swimming, they most likely think of Michael Phelps. He has won 28 olympic medals, 23 of them being gold. He also won 8 gold medals in one Olympics, the most ever won in a single Olympics. Most people consider him the best swimmer and olympian of all time and some even consider him the best athlete of all time. However, while Michael Phelps was a hard worker, his early start as a swimmer, good coach, and perfect…

gold medal fast tempo of Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) by Scatman John, he says, "It 's nice music, if 's fast written, that 's why I could break a world record, by that music," (http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/12/sport/athletics-haile-gebrselassie/) Arousal Regulation is often referred to the music athletes use to get “pumped up”. Whether it’s through the beat of the song, slow or fast, or lyrics, it’ strictly up to the preference of the athlete. Michael Phelps, most decorated olympian of…

know to step up on the blocks is the head official calls one long whistle to have us be ready three short whistles to signal us to step up on the block, then take your mark then finally they hit the last buzzer which means start racing! When we dive off the blocks, for those few seconds you are in the air it feels amazing. We all say that when we dive off the blocks it is the closest we'll ever be to flying. Swimming is a sport in the Olympics. Michael Phelps awesomely went to the Olympics and…

Terence Parkin Adley Rose Terence Parkin is an amazing swimmer who is deaf. Parkin is considered the Michael Phelps of the deaflympics. Terence Parkin was born on April 12, 1980 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a place in South Africa. Parkin is currently 36 years old and he still currently lives in South Africa. His parents are Neville and Bev Parkin. He is also married to Ingrid. He has 2 daughters; Shayla and Leya Parkin, they are also swimmers. Terence Parkin has had many accomplishments…

1. During my summers working as a camp counselor in 2006-2009, many events took place during these years. However, just within the USA and just within these summers I was able to narrow down the events that took place In the summer of 2006, the Louisiana Superdome reopened. This was a big deal since so many repairs had to be mad after the damages made by hurricane Katrina. In my research I learned that re-roofing this building was the largest roofing project in US history. It took thirteen…

large corporations use sports to endorse their products or market their brand is because they want you to associate their name with the sport. For example, a child who is a fan of hockey may see their favorite player advertising a certain product, the child may then believe that he/she needs that specific product. Since professional athletes are so highly valued in society, we tend to idolize them and see them as role models. This provides corporations the perfect way to promote their brand…

surplus of jobs available across the country because there would be needs for people to work in factories, grow the product, and deliver the marijuana to the stores. Marijuana is not viewed as it should be in our society today. There is a picture published by Rigo Design Studio, of world class swimmer and 14 time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps smoking marijuana. There is writing to the top of the picture in bold print saying that Mr. Phelps has 14 Olympic gold medals, 37 world records and…

The ability to overcome tough obstacles in an individual's life is known as human resilience. The book “Boys in the boat”, written by Daniel James Brown, is about a young man named Joe Rantz, who is on the rowing team for the University of Washington. He had to overcome many challenges regarding his past, but it didn’t stop him from gaining a spot on the United States Olympic crew team. He helped lead his team to victory, despite the hardships of living alone as a teenager. The second story…