Jay Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is an American senior writer for FoxSports.com and was a sideline reporter for the ''NFL on Fox'' since 2004. He is also the studio host, alongside Frank Trigg, on Fox Sport Net's PRIDE Fighting Championship show. Currently, he is the "NFL insider" for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' and hosts ''Pros vs Joes'' alongside fellow Fox football analyst Michael Strahan. During NFL Network’s ''Thursday Night Football'' schedule, Glazer, alongside analysts Kurt Warner, Sterling Sharpe, Brian Billick, Jim Mora and host Fran Charles can be seen on Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. Glazer has earned a sterling reputation for being the first "insider" to report several breaking NFL stories through his sources, such as Brett Favre's unretirement and the trade of Randy Moss from the New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings. He is also a business partner with Randy Couture in MMAthletics based in Las Vegas, Nevada at Xtreme Couture Training Center. Jay is 1-1 in fights, but has not fought professionally since 2003.

Glazer began his sports career as a reporter at the New York Post in New York City. He worked his way up within the Post organization by developing access to players and agents. He also wrote articles for the ''Giants Newsweekly'' produced by longtime New York Giants correspondent Dave Klein. Among his first sources were NFL agent Jimmy Sexton's New York representative, Peter Flach. Through Flach he became friendly with NY Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn and NY Jets cornerback Aaron Glenn. Through Sehorn he became close with current Fox analyst and former NY Giant, Michael Strahan. His controversial style and his commitment to be first with a story earned him the trust of some New York-based players and executives within the league.

Notable appearances

Actor:

''The Game Plan'' (2007) Hack Pack

''The Longest Yard'' (2005) Sportswriter

Self: 1990s ''Pride Fighting Championships'' .... Himself - Host (5 episodes, 2007)

Episode #2.21 (2007) TV Episode .... Himself - Host

Episode #2.20 (2007) TV Episode .... Himself - Host

Episode #2.19 (2007) TV Episode .... Himself - Host

Episode #2.18 (2007) TV Episode .... Himself

Wanderlei Silva Special (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Host

''NFL on Fox'' (1994) TV series .... Himself

References

External links

http://www.mmaathletics.tv/

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Bryant Gumbel
birthname	Bryant Charles Gumbel
birth date	September 29, 1948
birth place	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
occupation	Television personalitySportscaster
spouse	1) June Baranco2) Hilary Quinlan (m. August 2002-present)
parents	Richard Dunbar Gumbel and Rhea Alice LeCesne
children	1 son and 1 daughter
credits	''The Today Show''''The Early Show''
years active	1972–present }}

Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster. He is best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's ''The Today Show''. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel.

Biography

Early life

Gumbel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of Rhea Alice (née LeCesne), a city clerk, and Richard Dunbar Gumbel, a judge. He graduated from Bates College in 1970. Gumbel began his television career in October 1972, when he was made a sportscaster for KNBC-TV out of Los Angeles.

Professional career

NBC Sports

Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show ''GrandStand'' with Jack Buck. From 1975 until January 1982 (when he left to do ''The Today Show'') Gumbel hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball, college basketball and the National Football League. Gumbel returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990.

One of Gumbel's more memorable moments during his time at NBC Sports occurred in 1982, when he was on-site for the "Epic in Miami" NFL playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. At the end of the game, Gumbel told the viewing audience "If you didn't like this football game then you don't like football!"

''Today''

Gumbel began his affiliation with ''Today'' as the program's chief sports reporter contributing twice-weekly features to the program, including a regular series entitled "Sportsman of the Week," featuring up-and-coming athletes. In June 1981, NBC announced that Tom Brokaw would depart ''Today'' to anchor the ''NBC Nightly News'' with Roger Mudd beginning in the spring of 1982. The search for Brokaw's replacement was on, and the initial candidates were all NBC News correspondents, including John Palmer, Chris Wallace, Bob Kur, Bob Jamieson, and Jessica Savitch. The candidates auditioned for Brokaw's job throughout the summer of 1981 when Brokaw was on vacation. Gumbel became a candidate for the job just by chance when he served as a last-minute substitute for ''Today'' co-anchor Jane Pauley in August 1981. Gumbel so impressed executive producer Steve Friedman and other NBC executives that he quickly became a top contender for the ''Today'' anchor position.

While Friedman and other NBC executives favored Gumbel as Brokaw's replacement, another contingent within the NBC News division felt strongly that Brokaw should be replaced by a fellow news correspondent, not a sports reporter. Chris Wallace was the favored candidate of then-NBC News president Bill Small. NBC News decided to split the difference, selecting Gumbel as the program's anchor and Wallace as the Washington-based anchor. Jane Pauley would remain co-anchor in New York. Brokaw signed off of ''Today'' on December 18, 1981, and Gumbel replaced Brokaw on January 4, 1982.

The Gumbel-Pauley-Wallace arrangement, known internally as the "Mod Squad," lasted only nine months. It was an arrangement that proved intriguing on paper but unwieldy on television. Gumbel served as the show's traffic cop, opening and closing the program and conducting New York-based interviews, but Pauley and Wallace handled newsreading duties, and Wallace conducted all Washington-based hard news interviews. With ABC's ''Good Morning America'' in first place and expanding its lead, NBC News made Gumbel the principal anchor of ''Today'' beginning September 27, 1982, with Jane Pauley as his co-anchor. Wallace became chief White House correspondent covering President Reagan, and John Palmer, previously a White House correspondent, became ''Today'''s New York-based news anchor.

Gumbel and Pauley had a challenging first two years together as ''Today'' anchors as they sought to find a rhythm as a team. ''Good Morning America'' solidified its lead over ''Today'' in the ratings during the summer of 1983, and Pauley's departure for maternity leave sent ''Today'' into a ratings tailspin. But when Pauley returned in February 1984, she and Gumbel began to work well together as a team. NBC took ''Today'' on the road in the fall of '84, sending Gumbel to the Soviet Union for an unprecedented series of live broadcasts from Moscow. Gumbel won plaudits for his performance in Moscow, erasing any doubts about his hard-news capabilities. That Moscow trip began a whirlwind period of travel for ''Today.'' Remote broadcasts from Vietnam, Vatican City, Europe, South America, and much of the United States followed between 1984 and 1989. ''Today'' began to regain its old ratings dominance against Good Morning America throughout 1985, and by early 1986, the NBC program was once again atop the ratings.

In 1989, Gumbel, who was already known for his strong management style as ''Today'' anchor, wrote a memo to ''Today'' executive producer Marty Ryan, on Ryan's request, critiquing the program and identifying its shortcomings. Many of Gumbel's criticisms were directed at fellow ''Today'' staffers. This memo was leaked to the press. In the memo, Gumbel commented that Willard Scott, "holds the show hostage to his assortment of whims, wishes, birthdays and bad taste...This guy is killing us and no one's even trying to rein him in". He commented that Gene Shalit's movie reviews "are often late and his interviews aren't very good."

There was enough negative backlash in regard to Gumbel's comments toward Scott, that Gumbel was shown making up with Scott on ''Today''.

Following Jane Pauley's departure from ''Today'' in December 1989, Gumbel was joined by Deborah Norville in a short-lived partnership that lasted just over a year. ''Today'' dropped to second place in the ratings during this period as a result of intensely negative publicity surrounding Norville's replacement of Pauley, and Gumbel's feud with Scott. Norville was replaced by Katie Couric in April 1991, and the Gumbel-Couric team helped refocus ''Today'' as the morning news program of choice during the 1992 presidential campaign. The program returned to first place in the ratings in December 1995.

Gumbel's work on ''Today'' earned him several Emmys and a large group of fans. He is the second longest serving co-host of ''Today'', serving 2 months less than Couric. Gumbel stepped down from the show on January 3, 1997 after 15 years.

''The Early Show''

After leaving the ''Today Show'' and ''Dateline NBC'' in 1997, Gumbel moved to CBS, where he hosted various shows before becoming co-host of the network's morning show ''The Early Show'' on November 1, 1999. Gumbel left ''The Early Show'' (and CBS that same year) in May 2002.

Boy Scouts

A CBS camera caught a disgusted Bryant Gumbel blurting out "What a fucking idiot" just after he had finished a hostile interview with Robert Knight of the Family Research Council (FRC). The incident occurred at about 7:15 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 29, 2000 following Knight's appearance to defend the Boy Scout policy of excluding gays from being leaders. The Media Research Center reported that he uttered those words; Gumbel openly admitted to saying so when guest-hosting a June 2007 episode of ''Live with Regis and Kelly''.

''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel''

Gumbel has concentrated most of his energy recently on his duties as host of HBO's acclaimed investigative series ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' (a show that he has hosted since 1995). HBO's web page claims that ''Real Sports'' has been described as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the ''Los Angeles Times''. Also according to HBO, ''Real Sports'' has earned 15 sports Emmys, and a 2006 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism, the first time in the award's history that it was given to a sports program. The award was for a story called "The Sport of Sheikhs", an investigation into the exploitation of children as camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates.

Paul Tagliabue

On the August 15, 2006 episode of ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'', Gumbel made the following remarks about former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Players' Union president Gene Upshaw and directed these comments to new commissioner Roger Goodell: In response, Tagliabue said, "What Gumbel said about Gene Upshaw and our owners is about as irresponsible as anything I've heard in a long time." Gumbel's response was "It's a lot like covering any story [...] You see what is in front of you and you report on it."

''The Weather Man''

Gumbel made a cameo appearance alongside Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine in ''The Weather Man'', a film directed by Gore Verbinski. In the film, Gumbel co-hosts a morning show entitled ''Hello America'' for which Cage's character, a depressed weatherman, auditions.

The NFL Network

In April 2006, the NFL Network announced that Gumbel, along with Cris Collinsworth and Dick Vermeil, would commentate on its new package of NFL games. Unlike his brother Greg, Bryant had never called play-by-play for live sporting events in his career. Before his first game commentary for the network, Gumbel's status was brought into question after he stirred up controversy in his closing remarks on his HBO program on August 15, 2006, in which he criticized NFL Players Association head Gene Upshaw and outgoing NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Gumbel would later reconcile with the NFL and retained his play-by-play job with the NFL Network. On December 29, 2007, Gumbel had a reunion of sorts as he called the Patriots-Giants game on the NFL Network, CBS, and NBC. This is the first 3-network simulcast NFL game and coincidentally Gumbel has worked for all three networks during his career.

Gumbel was fired as play-by-play announcer in April 2008, prior to the 2008 NFL season. He would be replaced on the NFL Network telecasts by Bob Papa.

Personal life

On October 2009, Bryant Gumbel had surgery to remove a malignant tumor near his lung.

Awards

4 Emmy Awards Frederick D. Patterson Award from the United Negro College Fund Martin Luther King Award from the Congress of Racial Equality Three NAACP Image Awards

Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Foreign Affairs work from the Overseas Press Club, September 1984

Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting

Peabody Award for his reporting in Vietnam

International Journalism Award from TransAfrica

Africa's Future Award from the U.S. Committee for UNICEF

Leadership Award from the African-American Institute

Best Morning TV News Interviewer, the ''Washington Journal Review'', 1986

Trumpet Award of the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for outstanding broadcast journalism for ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' (HBO), December 2005

Clinton Award

Parodies and other appearances

On the ''Chappelle's Show'', in one episode, comedian Paul Mooney, playing "Negrodamus", mentions that "White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X".

In ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', Carlton Banks is often mistaken for Gumbel. Gumbel is frequently mentioned as Carlton's hero and role model.

In an episode of ''Seinfeld'', Bryant Gumbel interviews Jerry Seinfeld on ''The Today Show'', in the episode "The Puffy Shirt".

Bryant and Greg Gumbel are featured in an episode of Family Guy as stars of a beach-based cop drama 'Gumbel 2 Gumbel'.

References

External links

"Is Bryant Gumbel a Racist?" - Howard Bloom's Sports Business News.com SBN's look at Bryant Gumbel

-the tiger woods of TV

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	James Toney
birth name	James Nathaniel Toney
birth date	August 24, 1968
birth place	Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
death date
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height
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style	Boxing
stance	Orthodox
fighting out of	Sherman Oaks, California
trainer	Juanito Ibarra Freddie Roach Bill Miller Buddy McGirt Greg Owens
years active	22 (1988-''present'')
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James Nathanial Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American professional boxer who currently fights in the heavyweight division. A champion of 6 weight divisions, a world champion in 3 weight divisions and has held a total of 12 titles, Toney also now competes in mixed martial arts.

Biography

Boxing career

Toney's amateur boxing record is 33 fights, 31 wins and 2 losses with 29 KOs. He won the 1983 and 1984 West Michigan Division Junior Title (156 lb), 1987 Novice Golden Gloves in Manchester (156 lb), 1987 Michigan Silver Gloves (156 lb) and 1988 Ohio State Fair (156 lb)

Toney had his first professional fight on October 26, 1988, beating Stephen Lee by a technical knockout in the second round. He was scouted and trained by Gregory Owens as a teenager, who also was his trainer through the mid-nineties. His moniker of "Lights Out" was also given by either Gregory or his son.

On March 10, 1989, his manager Johnny "Ace" Smith was killed outside of the Page One Bar in Detroit. Jackie Kallen then became his manager. He won the Michigan Middleweight title in 1990, knocking out Philip Morefield in the 1st round.

A draw with Sanderline Williams was the first blemish on Toney's record, although he beat Williams by unanimous decision three months later and in early 1991 he beat Merqui Sosa in a minor upset, between the two top-10-rated contenders. This win propelled Toney to a title shot at the IBF Middlewight championship, with this hard-earned 12-round points victory.

Middleweight champion

Toney's unbeaten run landed him his coveted title shot at the IBF Middleweight title against the best of the title holders at the time, Michael "Second to" Nunn, in May 1991. Nunn dominated the relatively inexperienced Toney over the first 10 rounds with his excellent boxing skills. In an unusually aggressive performance, there were many heated exchanges, but in the 11th round, with time running out for the young Toney, he dropped Michael Nunn to the canvas. The fight was stopped and Toney was the champion.

Toney continued a regular fight program over the next 18 months at middleweight, before outgrowing the division, where he made several successful yet disputed defenses, outpointing Dave Tiberi in a split decision, outpointing Glenn Wolfe and tough Reggie Johnson and a draw and a win against Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum, in two evenly and heated contests.

Super Middleweight champion

Toney moved up to the 168 lbs Super Middleweight division, a weight Toney felt would be to his advantage, after struggling to make the Middleweight limit of 160 lbs.

On February 13, 1993, he challenged Iran Barkley for his IBF Super Middleweight title. After a dominating performance by Toney, the bout was stopped after 9 rounds by Barkley's trainer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, due to Barkley suffering severe swelling around both eyes. With Toney now a title holder at 168 lbs, alongside Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and his old nemesis Michael Nunn, the division was now one of the strongest in boxing.

Toney remained one of the most active boxers in the sport, winning five mark-time fights throughout 1993, then defeating Tony "The Punching Postman" Thornton in his 1st title defense in October, via a landslide points victory. In his second defense, Toney beat the 24-0 Tim Littles by a 4th round KO. During this bout, Toney suffered a bad cut which caused the referee and ringside doctor to intervene before round 4, allowing him one more round to try to end the fight. His next defense was against former IBF Light Heavyweight champion Prince Charles Williams, whom he knocked out in the 12th and final round. This win paved the way for his fight with Roy Jones, Jr..

The fight was Jones' first at Super Middleweight; Jones vacated his Middleweight belt to challenge Toney on November 18, 1994. The fight was the biggest and most anticipated fight of the year with Jones and Tony ranked highly in the pound-for-pound rankings going into the fight. Toney was fancied to win by many experts due to his superior level of competition he'd faced up to this point.

Jones won a landslide decision over Toney, an upset at the time, taking Toney apart and briefly flooring Toney for the first time with a flash knockdown in the 3rd round. After the fight Toney blamed making the weight for his flat performance and the loss of his cherished unbeaten record. It was his last fight at the weight.

His next fight after losing his title to Roy Jones saw him lose to Montel Griffin at light heavyweight in February 1995. After then winning a series of fights at light heavyweight, cruiserweight, and even heavyweight, he again faced Montel Griffin in December 1996 and once again lost a close decision. He beat old foe Mike McCallum in February 1997, but then lost to journeyman Drake Thadzi in his next fight.

Cruiserweight champion

In August 2002, Toney beat Jason Robinson in an IBF Cruiserweight title elimination fight. This set up a fight between Toney and the champion, Vassiliy Jirov. After a postponement, the fight happened on April 26, 2003. Going into the 12th and final round, with the scores fairly even and the fight in the balance, Toney knocked the undefeated Jirov down in the 12th. The Kazakh rose from the canvas to go to the distance, but Toney got the judges verdict and was now a three-weight World Champion.

For Toney's performance he was awarded comeback of the year and named fighter of the year. Immediately afterward, Toney moved up to heavyweight.

Heavyweight

Even when Toney was a middleweight, he insisted that he would one day be the heavyweight champion of the world. His October 4, 2003, victory over aging former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was Toney's entry into the heavyweight division. After a shaky first round, Toney picked the Atlanta legend apart with shots to the body and head before stopping him in the 9th round.

On April 30, 2005, he defeated John Ruiz by a unanimous decision in a 12-round match for the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight Championship. However, Toney failed his post-fight drug test, testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. This led to the New York Athletic Commission changing the bout's official outcome to a "no-contest", deducting the win from Toney's career record and banning him from boxing for 90 days. The WBA ordered that Ruiz be reinstated as its champion and that Toney be ineligible for another WBA Heavyweight title shot for two years. Toney defended himself by claiming that the steroids were given to him by a doctor to treat an injured arm that occurred during his victory over Rydell Booker in his previous fight. Toney was also subject to a civil lawsuit by Ruiz claiming that Toney's illegal use of steroids gave him an edge in the fight.

In his bout after the Ruiz fight, Toney won a unanimous decision victory over former heavyweight contender Dominic Guinn. Toney next fought against Hasim Rahman on March 18, 2006, for the WBC Heavyweight title. The result was a twelve-round majority draw and Toney weighed a career-high 237 lb for his lackluster performance.

Toney's next two outings were losses to Samuel Peter. The first fight was held in Los Angeles, California on Sept 2, 2006. Toney lost by split decision. The return bout was held in Hollywood, Florida, on January 6, 2007, and Toney once again lost to Peter, this time by unanimous decision. Both fights were WBC eliminator bouts for the belt held by Oleg Maskaev.

Toney returned to action in May 2007 and won a ten-round split decision over Danny Batchelder. Following the bout, Toney once again tested positive for boldenone and stanozolol and was fined $2500 and banned from boxing for a year, Toney appealed the suspension and it was reduced to 6 months after he appeared before the CSAC and claimed he didn't knowingly take any steroids and suggested that he was set up and someone had tampered with his water bottle.

On July 16, 2008, Toney's rematch against Hasim Rahman was stopped in the third round. An accidental Clash of Heads to the outside of Rahman's brow opening a cut above Rahman's left eye to the inside of the brow leading to the stoppage. Rahman told the ring doctor he could not see, the ring doctor then stopped the fight. Initially, the fight was called as a TKO win for Toney, but this was overruled by the California State Athletic Commission and the fight was declared no-contest. Rahman went on to fight Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF, IBO and WBO Heavyweight titles in his next fight and James Toney went on to fight Fres Oquendo.

Toney's next bout came on December 13, 2008, against Fres Oquendo. Oquendo was penalized 1 point in round eight for a rabbit punch, which would prove to be the deciding factor in the fight. Toney won a close split decision. On September 12, 2009, James fought heavyweight fighter Matthew Greer (12–5–0 11KO) at the Pechanga Resort & Casino. James won via TKO victory in round two.

On February 24, 2011, Toney made his return to boxing when he successfully defended his IBA Heavyweight Championship against Damon Reed. Toney won a ten round unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the bout 100-90. For this bout Toney weighed in at a career high of 257 lbs.

Mixed martial arts career

Toney was spotted in attendance at UFC 108 on January 2, 2010, which led to talks between him and UFC President Dana White regarding fighting in the organization. On March 3, it was confirmed by White that the two had agreed and signed a multifight deal with the company.

To help his transition into MMA, Toney was coached by trainer Juanito Ibarra. Toney was later coached by Trevor Sherman.

vs. Couture

His first fight was against Hall of Famer and former UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion, Randy Couture at UFC 118 on August 28. Toney was easily taken down to the mat within 15 seconds into the bout and at 3:19, Couture locked Toney into an arm triangle, forcing Toney to submit. Toney was released from his contract with the UFC.

Altercation with 'Rampage' Jackson

After UFC 123, which was held in Detroit, Toney shared some unfavoring words against Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, stating; "If they want to sell any tickets in Detroit, they should put me on there. Bitch ass Rampage can't sell no tickets in my hometown." Rampage stated on HDNet's Inside MMA that he would like to fight James Toney because he was running his mouth about Jackson not being able to sell tickets and that Toney could beat Jackson. Jackson also stated that if this fight was to happen, he would not be afraid to stand up with Toney and will knock him out.

vs. Shamrock

He is now set to fight UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, in a special rules bout, in which there will be 8 three minute rounds instead of the traditional 3 five minute rounds. There will also be a '30 second stand-up rule' which means if the fight goes to the ground, after 30 seconds the referee will stand up the fighters. The time will be held if a submission hold is in place, and it will continue if the hold is broken or released. Despite these new rules giving Toney more of an advantage, it was Ken Shamrock who suggested it, saying it will make the fight more fun to watch.

The proposed special rules mixed martial arts match between UFC veteran Ken Shamrock and boxing world champion James Toney is being targeted for November. Ivaylo Gotzev, one of the fight’s promoters, advised MMAWeekly.com of the month targeted for the unique bout. In addition, Gotzev and his partners are nearing finalization of the venue, which could be in one of two American states or out of the country. “(We’re looking at) two different states and, actually, going outside of the country,” Gotzev said. “We’re zeroing in right now, but it’s going to be November.”

Personal life

James Toney co-starred as Joe Frazier in the 2001 film ''Ali''.

Honors

Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1991 and 2003

''The Ring'' magazine Comeback of the Year fighter for 2003.

Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year for 1991 and 2003

Championships

Boxing

International Boxing Council

*IBC Middleweight title (1 title defense)

International Boxing Federation

*IBF Middleweight title (6 title defenses)

*IBF Super Middleweight title (3 title defenses)

*IBF Cruiserweight title

World Boxing Union

*WBU Light Heavyweight title (3 title defenses)

*WBU Cruiserweight title

*WBU Continental Cruiserweight title

International Boxing Organization

*IBO Cruiserweight title

International Boxing Association

*IBA Super Cruiserweight title

*IBA Heavyweight title (twice, 2 title defenses)

World Boxing Council

*WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title

North American Boxing Organization

*NABO Heavyweight title

Professional boxing record

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|12/09/2009 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |71-6-3 |align=left| Fres Oquendo |SD |12 |13/12/2008 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |style="background:#ddd;"|NC |70-6-3 |align=left| Hasim Rahman |NC |3 |16/07/2008 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |70-6-3 |align=left| Danny Batchelder |SD |10 |24/05/2007 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |69-6-3 |align=left| Samuel Peter |UD |12 |06/01/2007 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |69-5-3 |align=left| Samuel Peter |SD |12 |02/09/2006 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw |69-4-3 |align=left| Hasim Rahman |MD |12 |18/03/2006 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |69-4-2 |align=left| Dominick Guinn |UD |12 |01/10/2005 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |style="background:#ddd;"|NC |68-4-2 |align=left| John Ruiz |ND |12 |30/04/2005 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |68-4-2 |align=left| Rydell Booker |UD |12 |23/09/2004 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |67-4-2 |align=left| Evander Holyfield |TKO |9 |04/10/2003 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |66-4-2 |align=left| Vassiliy Jirov |UD |12 |26/04/2003 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |65-4-2 |align=left| Jason Robinson |KO |7 |18/08/2002 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |64-4-2 |align=left| Michael Rush |TKO |10 |31/05/2002 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |63-4-2 |align=left| Sione Asipeli |UD |10 |22/03/2002 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |62-4-2 |align=left| Wesley Martin |TKO |3 |30/07/2001 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |61-4-2 |align=left| Saul Montana |TKO |2 |29/03/2001 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |60-4-2 |align=left| Courtney Butler |TKO |3 |03/11/2000 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |59-4-2 |align=left| Terry McGroom |MD |10 |21/01/2000 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |58-4-2 |align=left| Ramon Garbey |UD |10 |08/10/1999 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |57-4-2 |align=left| Adolpho Washington |TKO |10 |30/07/1999 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |56-4-2 |align=left| Terry Porter |TKO |8 |07/03/1999 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |55-4-2 |align=left| Steve Little |UD |12 |14/06/1997 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |54-4-2 |align=left| Drake Thadzi |MD |12 |14/05/1997 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |54-3-2 |align=left| Mike McCallum |UD |12 |22/02/1997 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |53-3-2 |align=left| Montell Griffin |UD |12 |06/12/1996 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |53-2-2 |align=left| Duran Williams |TKO |9 |09/08/1996 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |52-2-2 |align=left| Charles Oliver |UD |10 |03/07/1996 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |51-2-2 |align=left| Earl Butler |TKO |4 |14/05/1996 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |50-2-2 |align=left| Richard Mason |UD |10 |01/03/1996 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |49-2-2 |align=left| Greg Everett |KO |2 |08/12/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |48-2-2 |align=left| Ernest Mateen |DQ |5 |09/09/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |47-2-2 |align=left| Freddie Delgado |TKO |5 |18/06/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |46-2-2 |align=left| Anthony Hembrick |RTD |5 |30/04/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |45-2-2 |align=left| Karl Willis |TKO |8 |20/03/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |44-2-2 |align=left| Montell Griffin |MD |12 |18/02/1995 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |44-1-2 |align=left| Roy Jones, Jr. |UD |12 |18/11/1994 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |44-0-2 |align=left| Charles Williams |KO |12 |29/07/1994 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |43-0-2 |align=left| Vinson Durham |UD |10 |18/05/1994 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |42-0-2 |align=left| Tim Littles |TKO |4 |05/03/1994 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |41-0-2 |align=left| Anthony Hembrick |TKO |7 |16/01/1994 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |40-0-2 |align=left| Tony Thornton |UD |12 |29/10/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |39-0-2 |align=left| Larry Prather |UD |10 |24/08/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |38-0-2 |align=left| Danny Garcia |TKO |6 |29/07/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |37-0-2 |align=left| Glenn Thomas |UD |10 |06/06/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |36-0-2 |align=left| Ricky Thomas |TKO |10 |17/04/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |35-0-2 |align=left| Govoner Chavers |TKO |9 |23/03/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |34-0-2 |align=left| Iran Barkley |RTD |9 |13/02/1993 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |33-0-2 |align=left| Doug DeWitt |RTD |6 |05/12/1992 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |32-0-2 |align=left| Mike McCallum |MD |12 |29/08/1992 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |31-0-2 |align=left| Ricky Stackhouse |TKO |3 |26/05/1992 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |30-0-2 |align=left| Glenn Wolfe |UD |12 |11/04/1992 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |29-0-2 |align=left| Dave Tiberi |SD |12 |08/02/1992 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw |28-0-2 |align=left| Mike McCallum |PTS |12 |13/12/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |28-0-1 |align=left| Francesco Dell'Aquila |TKO |4 |12/10/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |27-0-1 |align=left| Reggie Johnson |SD |12 |29/06/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |26-0-1 |align=left| Michael Nunn |TKO |11 |10/05/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |25-0-1 |align=left| Alberto Gonzalez |TKO |5 |31/03/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |24-0-1 |align=left| Merqui Sosa |SD |12 |13/01/1991 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |23-0-1 |align=left| Jose Carlos Da Silva |TKO |5 |10/12/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |22-0-1 |align=left| Sanderline Williams |UD |10 |16/10/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |21-0-1 |align=left| Kevin Brazier |TKO |2 |24/08/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw |20-0-1 |align=left| Sanderline Williams |PTS |10 |26/07/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |20–0 |align=left| Ricardo Bryant |TKO |4 |27/06/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |19–0 |align=left| Horacio Rene Brandan |KO |2 |23/05/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |18–0 |align=left| Jose Luis Esteven |TKO |5 |27/04/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |17–0 |align=left| Toby Tyler |TKO |4 |05/04/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |16–0 |align=left| Philip Morefield |KO |1 |01/03/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |15–0 |align=left| Danny Thomas |UD |8 |20/01/1990 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |14–0 |align=left| Joe Johnson |KO |4 |29/11/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |13–0 |align=left| Ron Amundsen |UD |10 |13/11/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |12–0 |align=left| Robert Clinton |KO |1 |26/10/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |11–0 |align=left| Ricardo Simpson |KO |2 |12/10/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |10–0 |align=left| Joe Summers |TKO |2 |21/09/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |9–0 |align=left| Lemark Davis |UD |6 |07/09/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |8–0 |align=left| Mark Stephens |TKO |2 |07/09/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |7–0 |align=left| Steve Chaney |KO |1 |06/06/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |6–0 |align=left| Arthur Willis |SD |4 |02/05/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |5–0 |align=left| James Fernandez |UD |4 |16/02/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |4–0 |align=left| Sammy Jenkins |TKO |4 |17/01/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |3–0 |align=left| Carl Penn |KO |1 |10/01/1989 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |2–0 |align=left| Ronnie Yoe |KO |1 |06/12/1988 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |1–0 |align=left| Stephen Lee |TKO |2 |26/10/1988 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center

Mixed martial arts record

|- |align=center| |align=center| | Ken Shamrock |align=center| |align=center| |November, 2011 |align=center| |align=center| |El Paso, Texas, United States | |- |Loss |align=center|0–1 | Randy Couture |Submission (arm-triangle choke) |UFC 118 | |align=center|1 |align=center|3:19 |Boston, Massachusetts, United States |MMA debut.

References

External links

James Toney's Official Website

FightFan.com: Inside James Toney's Training Camp

James Toney Fight-by-Fight Career record

James Toney on entering into MMA

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
name	Joe Rogan
birth name	Joseph Rogan
birth date	August 11, 1967
birth place	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
medium	Stand-up, television, podcast, books
nationality	American
active	1988–present
genre	Satire/political satire, blue comedy, observational comedy
subject	Recreational drug use, self-deprecation, race relations, marriage, everyday life, parenting, pseudoscience, current events, politics, religion
spouse	Jessica Rogan (2009–present; 2 children)
notable work	Joe Garrelli in NewsRadioCo-Host of The Man ShowHost of Fear FactorCommentator for the UFCAuthor of the Book Space Monkey }}

style	10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo
team	10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu
rank	''brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu'' ''brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu'' ''green belt in Judo'' ''black belt in Taekwondo''
kickbox win	2
kickbox loss	1
kickbox draw	0
kickbox nc	}}

Joseph "Joe" Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American comedian, video blogger, actor, writer, martial artist, activist and color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Career

Acting

In 1994, Rogan co-starred on the Fox comedy Hardball as Frank Valente, the young, ego-centric star player on a fictional professional baseball team. The show was cancelled after nine episodes.

From 1995-1999, Rogan co-starred on the critically acclaimed comedy NewsRadio. He portrayed Joe Garrelli, the electrician at WNYX, a news radio station in New York City.

In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, Maya Gallo's boyfriend.

In 2010 Joe Rogan released his stand up DVD Talking Monkeys In Space. It was 68 minutes of unedited and uncensored material.

In 2011, Rogan played his first major character in a movie in the Kevin James movie ''Zookeeper''.

He is slated to play himself in an upcoming action-comedy starring Kevin James called Here Comes the Boom, set to be released in the summer of 2012.

Martial arts

During high school, Rogan was a practitioner of Taekwondo and gained a black belt at age 15. He went on to become a four-time state champion in Massachusetts, and a U.S. Open Taekwondo champion. His record as a kickboxer is 2-1.

In 1996, Rogan began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Carlson Gracie at his school in Hollywood, California. After Gracie relocated to Chicago, Rogan later began training under Jean Jacques Machado, (a cousin of the Gracie family), eventually earning his brown belt under Machado. In addition, Rogan holds a brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.

Commentating

Rogan began working for the UFC in 1997, making his debut interviewing fighters at UFC 12: Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama, before eventually becoming a color commentator for the promotion.

Hosting

Rogan worked on the TV series ''Fear Factor'', as a host of the United States version of the show. He hosted from June 11, 2001 through September 12, 2006 before the show was canceled by NBC. Rogan will return as the host of ''Fear Factor'' in an upcoming rebooted edition of the show, which will air fall 2011 on NBC.

In December 2009, Rogan began hosting a regular podcast with concurrent live Ustream availability. Frequently co-hosted by his friend and the show's producer Brian "Redban" Reichle, the podcast features an array of guests from the pursuits of comedy, acting and Mixed Martial Arts. Now known as ''The Joe Rogan Experience'', the show is regularly found in the Apple iTunes top 10 most downloaded comedy, and was named one of iTunes "Best of 2010" audio podcasts in its first year. He refers to himself as a werewolf commonly on the podcast, admittedly after the Twilight series.

Personal life

Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey. His paternal grandfather was Irish, and the remainder of his ancestry is Italian.

Family

On May 21, 2008, Rogan announced on the Kevin and Bean radio show in Los Angeles that his girlfriend Jessica had a baby girl, and confirmed the news on his fan forum. The couple married in 2009. On episode 22 of ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' (recorded May 25, 2010), Rogan announced that "baby Rogan number two was just born the other day".

Religion

Although raised Roman Catholic, Rogan stated in September 2010, during a guest appearance on the Alex Jones radio show, that he does not follow any organized religions because he feels it is all the work of man. Rogan also said that he is not completely opposed to the concept of a "higher power" such as a God, however views the concept of God as part of nature that exists in everything.

Psychedelics

One of the recurring themes in his stand-up comedy and life is the use and support of cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, and DMT. Rogan supports the medical and recreational use of cannabis. He has also starred in the marijuana documentary ''The Union: The Business Behind Getting High''. He has an isolation tank in his basement. Rogan was featured in the 2010 History Channel documentary, ''Marijuana: A Chronic History'', as an advocate of legalized medical use of marijuana. He is also the presenter of the 2010 documentary, ''DMT: The Spirit Molecule'', released in October 2010.

Accusations against Carlos Mencia

On February 10, 2007, Rogan confronted comedian Carlos Mencia on stage at the Comedy Store on Sunset, accusing him of plagiarism. Rogan posted a video of the altercation with audio and video clips from other comedians, including George Lopez, Reverend Bob Levy, Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir, among others.

Comedy recordings

''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday'' (CD) (August 22, 2000)

''Live from the Belly of the Beast'' (DVD) (May 4–5, 2001)

''Joe Rogan: Live'' (DVD) (September 1, 2006)

''Shiny Happy Jihad'' (CD) (April 10, 2007)

''Talking Monkeys In Space'' (CD & DVD) (2010) Comedy Central Records

Awards and Accomplishments

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

* Best Television Announcer (2010)

See also

List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

References

External links

Joe Rogan on Youtube

''Fear Factor''

Interview from August 2008

Joe Rogan on his UFC career

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name	Michael Phelps
fullname	Michael Fred Phelps
nicknames	MP; The Baltimore Bullet
nationality	USA
strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
club	North Baltimore Aquatic Club
birth date	June 30, 1985
birth place	Baltimore, Maryland
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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions. In doing so he has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. His five golds in individual events tied the single Games record set by compatriot Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics; his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972. Phelps' Olympic medal total is second only to the 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold. Furthermore, he holds the all-time record for most individual gold Olympic medals, at nine.

Phelps's international titles and record breaking performances have earned him the World Swimmer of the Year Award six times and American Swimmer of the Year Award eight times. He has won a total of sixty-six medals in major international competition, fifty-four gold, nine silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. His unprecedented Olympic success in 2008 earned Phelps ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine's Sportsman of the Year award.

After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started the Michael Phelps Foundation, which focuses on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles. As a participant in the US Anti-Doping Agency's "Project Believe" program, Phelps is regularly tested to ensure that his system is clean of performance-enhancing drugs.

Early life

Phelps was born and raised in the Rodgers Forge neighborhood of Towson, Maryland, located just outside of Baltimore City. His father, Fred, was a football player in high school and almost made the team for the Washington Redskins. His mother Deborah "Debbie" Phelps is a middle school principal. When Phelps was in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Phelps trained at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club under coach Bob Bowman and excelled as a swimmer. By the age of 10, he held a national record for his age group. More age group records followed, and Phelps' rapid improvement culminated in his qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 15 and becoming the youngest male to make a U.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years. While he did not win a medal, he did make the finals and finished fifth in the 200 m butterfly.

At the World Championship Trials for the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, on 22 July, Phelps broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly to become, at 15 years and 9 months, the youngest man ever to set a swimming world record, breaking the record previously held by Ian Thorpe when he lowered the 400 m freestyle world record at 16 years, 10 months. At the World Championships in Fukuoka, Phelps broke his own world record in the 200 m butterfly en route to becoming a world champion for the first time.

2002 Pan Pacific Championships

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At Nationals, the selection meet for the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in Fort Lauderdale, Phelps set an American record in the 200 m individual medley and was just off the world record in the 200 m butterfly. In the 400 m individual medley, Phelps bettered the world record held by Tom Dolan with a time of 4:11.09, just ahead of Erik Vendt, who finished second with a time of 4:11.27, also below the old world record. In the 200 m freestyle, Phelps was barely beaten by Klete Keller and in the 100 m butterfly, Phelps beat Ian Crocker.

At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Phelps won three gold medals and two silvers. In his first event, the 400 m individual medley, Phelps won gold ahead of Erik Vent with a time of 4:12.48. In the 200 m butterfly, Phelps lost to Tom Malchow, finishing behind him 1:55.41 to 1:55.21. Phelps said he lost because he did not take butterfly training seriously after he broke the world record. In the 200 m individual medley, Phelps won with a time of 1:59.70. In the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Nate Dusing, Klete Keller, and Chad Carvin won the silver medal with a time 7:11.81 finishing behind Australia. The U.S. 4×100 m medley relay team consisted of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps, and Ian Crocker. In the final for the medley relay, Phelps swam a 51.1 split, at the time the fastest split in history. The final time of 3:33.48 was a world record.

2003 World Championships

At Nationals, Phelps won the 200 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, and the 100 m butterfly. He became the first American swimmer to win three different races in three different strokes at a national championship. At a meet in Santa Clara, Phelps broke the world record in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 1:57.94. Phelps said he broke the 200 m individual medley world record after Don Talbot said Phelps was unproven, using his words as motivation.

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won four gold medals, two silver medals, and broke five world records. Phelps broke his first world record on July 22 in the semi-finals for the 200 m butterfly. Phelps swam a 1:53.93 to break his own world record of 1:54.58 set in 2001 and became the first man to swim under 1:54.00. In the final of the 200 m butterfly, on July 23, Phelps easily won the gold medal, but did not come close to his world record with a time of 1:54.35. Less than an hour later, Phelps swam the lead-off leg for the 4×200 m freestyle relay. Phelps put up a solid time of 1:46.60 (an American record) but the Americans could not match the depth of the Australians and ultimately finished second 7:10.26 to 7:08.58. In the 200 m individual medley, Phelps showed complete dominance. On July 24, in the semifinals of the 200 m IM, Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 1:57.52. On July 25, in the final of the 200 m IM, Phelps smashed his own record with a time of 1:56.04 to win the gold medal and finished almost 3 seconds ahead of Ian Thorpe. About an hour before the final of the 200 m IM, Phelps swam in the semifinals of the 100 m butterfly. Phelps again showed dominance, finishing in the top seed with a world record time of 51.47. However, in the final of the 100 m butterfly, on July 26, Ian Crocker erased Phelps' world record with a time of 50.98, to become the first man under 51 seconds. Phelps swam a 51.10 (also under his former world record) but had to settle for silver. In the final of the 400 m individual medley, on July 27, Phelps broke his own world record with a time of 4:09.09 to easily claim the gold medal. About half an hour later, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4×100 m medley relay. Phelps did not swim in the finals but still earned a medal because he swam in the heats.

2004 Summer Olympics

Trials

At the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Phelps competed in six events, including the 200 and 400 m IM, the 100 and 200 m butterfly, the 200 m freestyle, and the 200 m backstroke. In his first event, the 400 m individual medley, Phelps easily won with a world record time of 4:08.41. Two days later, in the 200 m freestyle, Phelps won with a time of 1:46.27, finishing sixth-tenths of a second ahead of Klete Keller. Phelps, however, was not pleased with the result and wanted to be in the 1:45s and was uncertain if he would swim the event in Athens. The following day, Phelps won in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 1:54.31, three seconds ahead of second place finisher Tom Malchow. After two days off, Phelps was back in the pool and finished second to Aaron Peirsol in the 200 m backstroke. Less than half an hour later, Phelps won the 200 m individual medley title ahead of Ryan Lochte by 2.70 seconds. The following day, Phelps finished second to Ian Crocker in the 100 m butterfly. Crocker won in a time of 50.76, a world record and 0.39 seconds ahead of Phelps. When the Trials were over, Phelps became the first person to qualify in six individual events for a U.S. Olympic team. However, Phelps dropped the 200 m backstroke to focus on the 200 m freestyle because he wanted to race Ian Thorpe.

Olympics

In his first event, the 400 m individual medley, Phelps won with a world record time of 4:08.26 to win his first Olympic gold medal. The following day, in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Ian Crocker, Neil Walker, and Jason Lezak, finished in third place with a time of 3:14.62. Crocker's lead-off time of 50.05 was the worst among the field and was blamed on sickness. In the event many were calling ''The Race of the Century'', held the following day, Phelps finished in third place behind Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband in the 200 m freestyle. Although this race ended the chance to match Spitz's record, Phelps had savored the challenge even though it was not his strongest event, saying "How can I be disappointed? I swam in a field with the two fastest freestylers of all time". In his fourth event, the 200 m butterfly, held the following day, Phelps finished first with a time of 1:54.04, breaking Tom Malchow's Olympic record. About an hour later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller, finished in first place with a time of 7:07.33. Two days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Phelps finished first with a time of 1:57.14, an Olympic record. In the 100 m butterfly final, held the following day, Phelps defeated American teammate Ian Crocker (who was holding the world record in the event at the time) by just 0.04 seconds with a time of 51.25. Traditionally, the Olympian who places highest in an individual event will be automatically given the corresponding leg of the 4×100 m medley relay. This gave Phelps an automatic entry into the medley relay but he deferred and Crocker swam instead. Phelps' gesture gave Crocker a chance to make amends as well getting his final shot at a gold medal. In winning six gold and two bronze medals, Phelps, still a teenager, had the second-best performance ever at a single Olympics, behind Mark Spitz's seven gold medals in Munich in 1972. Also, he became the second male swimmer ever to win more than two individual titles at a single Games with four, tying Spitz's four from 1972.

2005 World Championships

At the 2005 World Championship Trials, Phelps decided to drop his specialty events, the 400 m individual medley and the 200 m butterfly, and experiment with the 400 m freestyle and the 100 m freestyle. Phelps went on to win the 400 m freestyle, the 200 m freestyle, the 100 m butterfly, the 100 m freestyle, and the 200 m individual medley at the Trials.

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of six medals, 5 golds and one silver. In the 400 m freestyle, Phelps did not make it past the preliminary heats and finished 18th overall with a time of 3:50.53. Later that day, in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps won his first gold in the Championships. Two days later, on July 26, Phelps won his second gold in the 200 m freestyle with a new American record time of 1:45.20, finishing ahead of Grant Hackett. Two days later, on July 28, Phelps finished 7th in the 100 m freestyle final. Later that day, Phelps won his third gold in the 200 m individual medley. On July 29, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller, won the gold in the 4×200 m freestyle relay with a time of 7:06.58. This was the fourth gold medal for Phelps. On July 30, Phelps swam in his last individual event, the 100 m butterfly. In the final, Phelps could not match the speed of Ian Crocker and had to settle for silver finishing 51.65 to 50.40. On July 31, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4×100 m medley relay. Phelps did not swim in the finals but still earned a medal because he swam in the heats.

2006 Pan Pacific Championships

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At the 2006 National Championships, Phelps won a total of three events. In his first event, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps won with a time of 1:54.32. In his second event, the 100 m butterfly, Phelps just edged out Ian Crocker 51.51 to 51.73. In his third event, the 200 m individual medley, Phelps won with a time of 1:56.50, just ahead of Ryan Lochte's time of 1:56.78.

At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, Phelps won five gold medals and one silver. In his first event, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps won in a world record time of 1:53.80, his first world record in two years. In his second event, the 400 m individual medley, Phelps easily won with a time of 4:10.47, 3.38 seconds ahead of second place finisher Robert Margalis. In his third event, the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller won the gold medal with a time 7:05.28. In his fourth event, the 200 m backstroke, Phelps won the silver medal, finishing behind Aaron Peirsol 1:56.81 to 1:54.44. In his fifth event, the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps, along with Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak won the gold medal with a world record time 3:12.46. In his sixth event, the 200 m individual medley, Phelps won with a world record time of 1:55.84, breaking his record of 1:55.94 set in 2003.

2007 World Championships

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won seven gold medals, tying the record, and broke five world records. Phelps first gold medal came in the 4×100 m freestyle. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.42 and Neil Walker, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak each expanded the lead to win in a Championship record of 3:12.72, just missing the world record of 3:12.46 set last year. Phelps set his first world record in the Championships in the 200 m freestyle, his second race. Phelps won the gold ahead of Pieter van den Hoogenband and broke Ian Thorpe's six-year-old world record with a time of 1:43.86. For his third race, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps won the gold and bettered his own world record of 1:53.71 with a time of 1:52.09. For his fourth race, the 200 m individual medley, Phelps set his third world record with a time of 1:54.98, bettering his own world record time of 1:55.84 For his fifth race, the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:45.36 as the American team of Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay went on to win the gold medal and beat the previous world record set by Australia in 2001 with a time 7:03.24. For his sixth race, the 100 m butterfly, Phelps edged out Ian Crocker 50.77 to 50.82 to win his sixth gold medal. For his seventh event, the 400 m individual medley, Phelps won the gold medal in a world record time of 4:06.22, more than 3.5 second ahead of Ryan Lochte. The 4×100 m medley relay team would have competed in the final but received a disqualification for a false start during a changeover in the heats, ending Phelps chance of eight gold medals.

2008 Summer Olympics

Trials

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Phelps competed in six individual events. In his first event the 400 m individual medley, Phelps broke his own world record of 4:06.22 with a time of 4:05.25. In his second event the 200 m freestyle, Phelps won with a time of 1:44.10, ahead of Peter Vanderkaay's time 1:45.85. In his third event the 100 m freestyle, Phelps placed second in his heat with a time of 47.92, ensuring him a spot on the relay. In his fourth event the 200 m butterfly, Phelps won with a time of 1:52.20. In his fifth event the 200 m individual medley, Phelps broke his own world record of 1:54.98 with a time of 1:54.80. In his sixth and final event the 100 m butterfly, Phelps won with a time of 50.89. When asked about his chances of winning eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps said, "I am going to prepare for that meet just like I do every other meet ... There is only so much I can do in a month and then I am going to prepare myself the best that I can."

Olympics

Phelps set an Olympic record in the preliminary heats of the men's 400 m individual medley. He followed that up in the final by winning the gold medal, as well as breaking his previous world record by nearly two seconds.

Phelps swam the first leg of the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay in a time of 47.51 seconds (an American record for the 100 m freestyle), and won his second gold medal of the 2008 Olympics, as well as setting his second world record of the Olympics (3:08.24). Teammate Jason Lezak, after beginning the anchor leg more than half a body length behind Alain Bernard, managed to finish ahead of the second-place French team by eight hundredths of a second. The top five teams in the final finished ahead of the world record of 3:12.23 set the day before by the American B team in a preliminary heat.

For his third race, Phelps broke his previous world record in the 200 m freestyle by nearly a second and won his third gold medal. He also set his third world record at the Olympics, 1:42.96, winning by nearly two seconds over silver medalist Park Tae-Hwan. In this race, Phelps became only the fifth Olympic athlete in modern history to win nine gold medals, along with Mark Spitz, Larisa Latynina, Paavo Nurmi, and Carl Lewis. The next day, Phelps participated in two finals. In his first event, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps made it four gold medals and world records in four events by swimming the final in 1:52.03, defeating silver medalist László Cseh by almost seven-tenths of a second despite his goggles filling up with water and being unable to "see anything for the last 100 meters. This fourth gold medal was his tenth, and made him the all-time leader for most Olympic gold medals won by an individual in the modern Olympic era.

Less than one hour after his gold medal victory in the 200 m butterfly, Phelps swam the lead-off leg of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. With Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay he won his fifth gold and set his fifth world record as the American team finished first with a time of 6:58.56. The Americans were the first team to break the seven-minute mark in the relay, and broke the previous record, set in Melbourne, Australia, by more than four and a half seconds.

After taking a day off from finals (Phelps did swim in qualifying heats), Phelps won his sixth gold of the Beijing Games on August 15 by winning the 200 m individual medley with a world record time of 1:54.23, finishing ahead of Cseh by over two seconds.

7th gold medal and controversy

Before the final of the 100 m butterfly, Serbian-American swimmer Milorad Čavić caused a minor stir when he said it would be "good" if Phelps lost. "It'd be good for him if he loses. It would be nice if historians talk about Michael Phelps winning seven gold medals and losing the eight to 'some guy.' I'd like to be that guy.", Cavic said. Phelps responded, "When people say things like that, it fires me up more than anything." On August 16, Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Games in the men’s 100 m butterfly, setting an Olympic record for the event with a time of 50.58 seconds and edging out his nearest competitor Čavić, by 1/100 of a second.

Unlike all six of his previous events in the 2008 Games, Phelps did not set a new world record, leaving Ian Crocker’s world record time of 50.40 seconds, set in 2005, intact.

Phelps’s 0.01-second finish ahead of Čavić prompted the Serbian delegation to file a protest. Subsequent analysis of the video by the FINA panel, which required analyzing frames shot 1/10,000th of a second apart, was used to officially confirm Phelps’s victory, but the images were not immediately released to the press. The initial refusal by official timekeeper Omega to release underwater photos of the finish also raised questions due to Phelps's sponsorship relationship with Omega. Čavić later wrote in his blog, "People, this is the greatest moment of my life. If you ask me, it should be accepted and we should move on. I’ve accepted defeat, and there’s nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been". However, in August 2009, Omega officials admitted that while Čavić "for sure" touched the wall first, "Phelps did it more forcefully," thus registering the time first. In a press conference at the XIIIth FINA World Championship in Rome, Omega General Manager Christophe Berthaud elaborated that "the video [from Beijing 2008] also shows us that Čavić touched the pad before Phelps" but "with the system we are having, with the touch pad, there is a big, big difference that you have to understand, between touching the pad and pushing the pad".

Phelps’s seventh gold medal of the Games tied Mark Spitz’s record for gold medals won in a single Olympic Games, set in the 1972 Olympics. It was also his fifth individual gold medal in Beijing, tying the record for individual gold medals at a single Games originally set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Said Phelps upon setting his seventh-straight Olympic record of the Games in as many events, "Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible ... I am sort of in a dream world. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it is real."

All-time record

On August 17, Phelps won his eighth gold medal in the men’s 4×100 m medley relay, breaking Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals won in a single Olympic Games, which had stood since 1972. Phelps, along with teammates Brendan Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, and Jason Lezak, set a new world record in the event with a time of 3 minutes and 29.34 seconds, 0.7 seconds ahead of second-place Australia and 1.34 seconds faster than the previous record set by the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. When Phelps dived in to swim the 100 m butterfly leg, the third leg of the 400-meter medley, the United States had been trailing Australia and Japan. Phelps completed his split in 50.1 seconds, the fastest butterfly split ever for the event, giving teammate Jason Lezak a more than half-second lead for the final leg, which he would hold onto to clinch the event in world record time. Said Phelps, upon completing the event that awarded him his eighth gold medal and eighth Olympic record in as many events, "Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are ... Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to."

2009 World Championships

At the 2009 National Championships, Phelps drastically shortened his program, only swimming in three individual events. In his first event, the 200 m freestyle, Phelps won with a time of 1:44.23. In his second event, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps easily won with a time of 1:52.76, 0.88 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. In his third event, the 100 m butterfly, Phelps won with a world record time of 50.22. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of 6 medals, 5 golds and 1 silver. In his first event, the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 47.78, well off his 47.51 performance in Beijing but the American team was able to edge out Russia and France for the gold. For his second race, the 200 m freestyle, Phelps lost his first race in four years to Germany's Paul Biedermann. Phelps touched second in 1:43.22 but Biedermann smashed Phelps' record of 1:42.96 set in Beijing a year ago with a time of 1:42.00. Phelps took the silver graciously, but coach Bob Bowman threatened to withdraw Phelps from international competition because Bowman claimed Biedermann had an unfair advantage because he was wearing a full polyurethane swim suit, specifically an Arena X-Glide. Bowman said, "It took me five years to get Michael from 1:46 to 1:42 and this guy has done it in 11 months. That's an amazing training performance. I'd like to know how to do that." Phelps rebounded from this loss and for his third race, the 200 m butterfly, Phelps won the gold and broke his own world record of 1:52.03 with a time of 1:51.51. For his fourth race, the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:44.49 as the team went on to win the gold medal and break the world record set last year. After his loss in the 200 m freestyle, many thought Phelps was vulnerable coming into the final for the 100 m butterfly. His closest competitor, Milorad Čavić, who wore an Arena X-Glide (the same suit Biedermann beat Phelps with), thought people were making excuses for Phelps because he was wearing an LZR Racer. Čavić even offered to buy Phelps a new suit. For his fifth race, the 100 m butterfly, Phelps won the gold and became the first man under 50 seconds, beating Čavić 49.82 to 49.95. The victory prompted a fierce celebration from Phelps, who sat on the lane rope, and pumped his chest and swimsuit. For his final event, the 4×100 m medley relay, Phelps won his fifth gold medal. Phelps, along with teammates Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, and David Walters, set a new world record in the event with a time of 3 minutes and 27.28 seconds.

2010 Pan Pacific Championships

At the 2010 National Championships, Phelps competed in five individual events. In the 200 m freestyle, Phelps won ahead of Ryan Lochte in a time of 1:45.61. About an hour later, Phelps returned to the pool to win the 200 m butterfly. But Phelps was not happy with his performance and called it the "worst" 200 m butterfly of his life. In the 100 m butterfly, Phelps won his 50th national title in 50.65. After the race, Phelps said he was "fairly pleased" with the result. In the 200 m individual medley, Phelps finished second to Lochte 1:55.94 to 1:54.84. It was the first time Lochte beat Phelps in a major national meet. In the 200 m backstroke, Phelps finished in 4th place in 1:56.98.

On the first day of competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Phelps opted out swimming in the final of the 200 m freestyle to focus on the 200 m butterfly. In the 200 m butterfly, Phelps led from start-to-finish and finished first with a time of 1:54.11. Although it was much slower than his 1:51.51 time from last year, Phelps has not lost a 200 m butterfly final since 2002. On day two of the competition, Phelps swam in the heats of the 400 m individual medley and contributed in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the heats of the 400 m individual medley, Phelps failed to make the A final, with Lochte and Tyler Clary taking the top two American positions. Phelps did not swim in the B final of the 400 m individual medley. In the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Phelps, with Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, and Lochte finished first ahead of Japan and Australia. On day three of the competition, Phelps competed in the 100 m butterfly and contributed in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the 100 m butterfly, Phelps finished first in a time of 50.86, a championship record. In the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps, with Lochte, Jason Lezak, and Nathan Adrian finished first ahead of Australia and South Africa. As the lead-off leg in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps set the championship record in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 48.13. In his final event, Phelps swam in the 4×100 m medley relay with Aaron Peirsol, Mark Gangloff, and Adrian and finished first ahead of Japan and Australia.

2011 World Championships

In his first event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Phelps won bronze in the 4×100 m freestyle relay with Garrett Weber-Gale, Jason Lezak, and Nathan Adrian. This was Phelps' first bronze in a World Aquatics Championships. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 48.08, the second-best lead-off in the field behind James Magnussen's 47.49. In his second event, the 200 m freestyle, Phelps won silver for the second consecutive time at a World Aquatics Championships. This time he finished second to Ryan Lochte in the event with a time of 1:44.79, compared to Lochte's time of 1:44.44. In his third final, the 200 m butterfly, he won his first gold medal with a time of 1:53.34 to become the first swimmer win five gold medals in one discipline at the World Aquatics Championships. In his fourth event, the 200 m individual medley, Phelps again finished second to Lochte in a personal best of 1:54.16, which was 0.16 behind Lochte who swam a new world record. It was Phelps' 30th medal in the World Aquatics Championships. Shortly after completing the semifinals of the 100 m butterfly, Phelps competed in the 4×200 m freestyle relay with Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, and Ryan Lochte. Phelps' team won the gold medal in a time of 7:02.67. Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:45.53, the third-best leg in the field. In the 100 m butterfly, Phelps won his third consecutive title (also winning in 2007 and 2009) and second individual title of the meet with a time of 50.71. In his last event, the 4×100 m medley relay, Phelps teamed with Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff, and Nathan Adrian to win gold in a time of 3:32.06. Phelps' butterfly leg of 50.57 was by far the fastest butterfly leg in the field.

2012 Summer Olympics

Phelps has said he will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics but it would likely be his last Olympics. For the 2012 Olympics, Phelps has stated he will never do eight events again and will try new events. Phelps has said he will for sure drop the 400 m individual medley from his program but his other events are in question. Phelps said, "I keep saying I want to go down and start sprinting, but Bob really isn't so keen on that ... I don't think that's going to happen ... Over the next four years, I'd like to try some different events, maybe not do some of the events I did here."

Physique

A few physical attributes particularly suit Phelps to swimming: his long, thin torso offers low drag; his arms span —disproportionate to his height of —and act as long, propulsive "paddles"; his relatively short legs lower drag, and perhaps add the speed enhancement of a hydrofoil; his size 14 feet provide the effect of flippers; and his hypermobile ankles can extend beyond the ''pointe'' of a ballet dancer, enabling him to whip his feet as if they were fins for maximum thrust through the water.

Allegations of performance enhancing drug use

Throughout the 2008 Olympics, Phelps was questioned by the press if perhaps his feats were "too good to be true", a reference to unsupported rumors that Phelps may be taking performance enhancing drugs. In response, Phelps noted that he had signed up for Project Believe, a project by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in which U.S. Olympians can volunteer to be tested in excess of the World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines. During the Games, Phelps was tested nine times, and passed all of them.

Bob Bowman

Phelps has trained under Bob Bowman since he was 11 years old. Bowman swam for Florida State University from 1983 to 1985. Phelps has said Bowman reminded him of a drill sergeant because of his disciplined and regimented ways. However, Phelps has said, "Training with Bob is the smartest thing I've ever done ... I'm not going to swim for anyone else." After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Bowman was hired as the head coach for the University of Michigan after Jon Urbanchek retired. Phelps joined Bowman at Michigan to train and even took a few classes but did not pursue a degree. After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bowman returned to Baltimore as CEO at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Phelps also returned to Baltimore with Bowman.

Personal life

Bob Bowman described Phelps as "a solitary man" with a "rigid focus" at the pool prior to a race, but afterwards "a man incredibly invested in the success of the people he cares about". "He's unbelievably kind-hearted", recounting Phelps's interaction with young children after practices.

Controversies

In November 2004, at the age of 19, Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Salisbury, Maryland. He pleaded guilty to driving while impaired the following month and was granted probation before judgment and ordered to serve 18 months' probation, fined $250, obligated to speak to high school students about drinking and driving and had to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) meeting. Questioned about the incident later that month by Matt Lauer on the ''Today Show'', Phelps said it was an "isolated incident" and that he had "definitely let myself down and my family down ... I think I let a lot of people in the country down."

In early 2009, Phelps admitted to "behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment" following the publication of a photo by the British tabloid, The ''News of the World'', showing him using a bong, a device used for smoking tobacco or marijuana. Following an investigation, the Richland County Sheriff's Department announced on February 16 that Phelps would not be prosecuted in connection with the incident because there was not enough evidence. USA Swimming suspended Phelps from swimming competitively for three months, and Kellogg's announced that it would not renew his endorsement contract.

Relationship with Ian Thorpe

Phelps idolized Australian Ian Thorpe as a teenager, modelling his public image after him. Thorpe initially said it was highly unlikely for Phelps to win eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His remarks were used by Phelps, who stuck them on his locker as motivation during the Games. Thorpe was in the stands for the men's 4×100 meter medley relay, where Phelps was swimming for his eighth Olympic title. When Phelps and his teammates captured the gold, Thorpe gave a congratulatory kiss to Phelps' mother, then gave a handshake and a hug to congratulate Phelps. Thorpe afterwards said "I'm really proud of him not just because he won eight golds. Rather, it's how much he has grown up and matured into a great human being. Never in my life have I been so happy to have been proved wrong. I enjoyed every moment of it."

Philanthropy

After the 2008 Olympics, Phelps used his $1 million Speedo bonus to set up the Michael Phelps Foundation. His foundation focuses on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles.

In 2010 the Michael Phelps Foundation, the Michael Phelps Swim School and KidsHealth.Org developed and nationally piloted the im program for Boys & Girls Club members. The im program teaches children the importance of being active and healthy, with a focus on the sport of swimming. It also promotes the value of planning and goal-setting.

Honors and awards

thumb|right|Phelps and Maryland House Speaker [[Michael E. Busch|Mike Busch in April, 2009. Both houses of the Maryland General Assembly honored Phelps that day.]] Phelps was a USA Olympic Team Member in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and holds the records for most Olympic gold-medals (14), most such medals in individual events (9), and most such medals at a single games (8, in Beijing 2008). A street in his hometown of Baltimore was re-named The Michael Phelps Way in 2004. On April 9, 2009 Phelps was invited to appear before the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland Senate, to be honored for his Olympic accomplishments. Phelps has also received the following awards:

World Swimmer of the Year Award: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 American Swimmer of the Year Award: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Golden Goggle Male Performance of the Year: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Golden Goggle Relay Performance of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 Golden Goggle Male Athlete of the Year: 2004, 2007, 2008 USOC SportsMan of the Year Award: 2004, 2008 James E. Sullivan Award: 2003 Laureus World Sports Sportsman of the Year Award (Nominated): 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year: 2008

World records

With 39 world records (29 individual, 10 relay) as of , Phelps has set more records than any other swimmer, surpassing Mark Spitz's previous record of 33 world records (26 individual, 7 relay). All but two of the records were set in a long course (50 meter) pool; records that currently stand are indicated in bold. Currently, he holds seven world records.

!No.	!Distance	!Event	!Time	!Location	!Date	!Ref
1	200 m		1:54.92	Austin, Texas, US
2	200 m	Butterfly (2)	1:54.58	Fukuoka, Japan
3	400 m		4:11.09	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, US
4	4×100 m		3:33.48	Yokohama, Japan
5	400 m	Individual medley (2)	4:10.73	Indianapolis, Indiana, US
6	200 m		1:57.94	Santa Clara, California, US
7	200 m	Butterfly (3)	1:53.93	Barcelona, Spain
8	200 m	Individual medley (2)	1:57.52	Barcelona, Spain
9	100 m		0:51.47	Barcelona, Spain
10	200 m	Individual medley (3)	1:56.04	Barcelona, Spain
11	400 m	Individual medley (3)	4:09.09	Barcelona, Spain
12	200 m	Individual medley (4)	1:55.94	College Park, Maryland, US
13	400 m	Individual medley (4)	4:08.41	Long Beach, California, US
14	400 m	Individual medley (5)	4:08.26	Athens, Greece
15	200 m	Butterfly (4)	1:53.80	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
16	4×100 m		3:12.46	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
17	200 m	Individual medley (5)	1:55.84	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
18	200 m	Butterfly (5)	1:53.71	Columbia, Missouri, US
19	200 m		1:43.86	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20	200 m	Butterfly (6)	1:52.09	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
21	200 m	Individual medley (6)	1:54.98	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22	4×200 m		7:03.24	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
23	400 m	Individual medley (6)	4:06.22	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
24	400 m	Individual medley (7)	4:05.25	Omaha, Nebraska, US
25	200 m	Individual medley (7)	1:54.80	Omaha, Nebraska, US
26	400 m	Individual medley (8)	4:03.84	Beijing, China
27	4×100 m	Freestyle relay (2)	3:08.24	Beijing, China
28	200 m	Freestyle (2)	1:42.96	Beijing, China
29	200 m	Butterfly (7)	1:52.03	Beijing, China
30	4×200 m	Freestyle relay (2)	6:58.56	Beijing, China
31	200 m	Individual medley (8)	1:54.23	Beijing, China
32	4×100 m	Medley relay (2)	3:29.34	Beijing, China
33	100 m	Butterfly (2)	0:50.22	Indianapolis, Indiana, US
34	200 m	Butterfly (8)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy
35	4×200 m	Freestyle relay (3)	6:58.55	Rome, Italy
36	100 m	Butterfly (3)	0:49.82	Rome, Italy
37	4×100 m	Medley relay (3)	3:27.28	Rome, Italy
38	4×100 m	Medley relay (sc)	3:20.71	Manchester, United Kingdom
39	4×100 m	Freestyle relay (sc)	3:03.30	Manchester, United Kingdom

: with Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, and Jason Lezak : with Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak : with Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay : with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak : with Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and Peter Vanderkaay : with Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, and David Walters : with Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau and David Walters : short course record with Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff and Nathan Adrian : short course record with Nathan Adrian, Matt Grevers and Garrett Weber-Gale

See also

List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

List of multiple Olympic medalists

List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games

World record progression 100 metres butterfly

World record progression 200 metres butterfly

World record progression 200 metres freestyle

World record progression 200 metres individual medley

World record progression 400 metres individual medley

World record progression 4x100 metres freestyle relay

World record progression 4x200 metres freestyle relay

World record progression 4x100 metres medley relay

Notes

References

External links

USA Swimming athlete bio: Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps Foundation official website

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