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Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has won 17 Olympic medals and set numerous world records. He won six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004 and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, winning more medals than any other athlete in either of those Games. So far, in the 2012 Summer Olympics, Phelps has won one silver. He has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet...