Michael Phelps by Orlando Arguello

MICHAEL  PHELPS  IS  AN  AMERICAN  OLYMPIC 
SWIMMER  WHO  HAS  WON  MORE  THAN  23  GOLDEN 
MEDALS.  HE  HAS  BROKEN  MANY  WORLD  RECORDS 
AND  THAT  MADE  HIM  ONE  OF  THE  MOST  POPULAR 
OLYMPIC SWIMMERS OF OUR TIME. 

 
 
 

 
 

MICHAEL PHELPS  COMPETED IN THE FIRST OLYMPICS 
AT  AGE  15  AS  A  PART  OF  THE  MEN'S  UNITED  STATES 
SWIMMING TEAM.   
 
 

 

MICHAEL  PHELPS  BEGAN  SWIMMING  WHEN  HIS  TWO 
OLDER  SISTERS  WHITNEY  AND  HILLARY  BEGAN  TO 
SWIM AS WELL.  AT AGE 7 MICHAEL PHELPS WAS STILL 
VERY  SCARED  OF  PUTTING  HIS  HEAD  UNDER  WATER 
BUT HE MANAGED TO OVERPASS HIS FEARS AND THEN 
HE  MANAGED  TO  MASTER  HIS  FIRST  EVER  STROKE 
WHICH WAS BACKSTROKE. 

 
MICHAEL  PHELPS  HAS  SOME  PROBLEMS  WHEN  HE 
WAS  YOUNGER.  WHEN  HE  WAS  NINE  YEARS  OLD  HIS 
PARENTS  SEPARATED  FROM  EACH  OTHER CAUSING A 
LOT  OF  PROBLEMS  FOR  YOUNG  MICAEL  PHELPS.  HE 
FELT  LIKE  THEY  WERE  ABANDONING  HIM.  BUT  THEN 
HE  MANAGED  TO  OVERCOME  THIS  OBSTACLE  BY 

SWIMMING MORE EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK SOME TIME 
FOR HIM TO FULLY RECOVER. 

EVEN THOUGH MICHAEL PHELPS HAD A LOT OF
STRUGGLE DURING HIS CHILDHOOD HE ALWAYS

HAD ONE GOAL IN HIS MIND AND THAT WAS TO GO
TO THE OLYMPICS. HE STARTED TO TRAIN FOR THE
OLYMPICS WHEN HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. AFTER
THAT AGE IT WAS CONSTANT TRAINING.

MICHAEL PHELPS MANAGED TO FINALLY GET TO THE
OLYMPICS. AFTER THAT HIS SWIMMING CAREER
BOOMED. HE MANAGED TO BREAK MANY WORLD
RECORDS. FOR EXAMPLE "MOST GOLDEN MEDALS WON
BY AN INDEPENDENT SWIMMING ATHLETE". OR HIS
AMAZING TIMES IN SWIMMING RACES. THIS IS HOW
DEDICATION AND HARD WORK PAY OFF.

BEING A VERY POPULAR ATHLETE AS WELL AS
EARNING A LOT OF MONEY, MICHAEL PHELPS
DECIDED TO GIVE BACK AND DONATE TO MANY
DIFFERENT CHARITIES. FOR EXAMPLE “MAKE A

WISH FOUNDATION” AND THE “ONE DROP
FOUNDATION”.

MICHAEL PHELPS HAS DONE MANY AMAZING
THINGS OVER HIS YEARS IN SWIMMING. HE HAS
NOT ONLY BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO CHARITIES
BUT HAS BEEN A GOOD INSPIRATION TO MANY

YOUNG SWIMMING ATHLETES. HE HAS DEALT WITH
MANY PROBLEMS IN HIS LIFE THAT HE HAS
OVERCOME AND HAS MADE GOOD THINGS OUT OF
THEM.

MICHAEL PHELPS HAS BEEN ON OF THE GREATEST
OLYMPIAN SWIMMERS OF ALL TIME. HE WAS WON

MANY MEDALS FOR DIFFERENT RACES. HE HAS
BROKEN MANY WORLD RECORDS. AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY HE HAS INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THEIR DREAMS.

Words to now

Overcome: S​ ucceed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

WORK CITED PAGE

https://www.biography.com/athlete/michael-phelps