My Favorite Olympian

One of the BIR Legend Tessa myself is going to write about olympic legend swimmer Michael Phelps.

Micheal Fred Phelp was born in june 30, 1985. He was born in Maryland and graduated from Towson high school in 2003. Phelphs started swimming at age of seven and at the age of 10 held a national record for his age group. More age records followed and at age the of 15 he qualified for the 2000Summer Olympics. In November 2004 at the age of 19 he was arrested for DUI in Maryland. He pleaded guilty to driving while impaired the following month and was granted probation before judgement and ordered to serve 18 months probation, fined $250. and had to speak high school students about drinking and driving and had to attend Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( MADD). In Octorber 2007 he slipped on a patch of ice and fell while climbing into the friends car and broke his right wrist. For a few weeks after the surgery, he was confined to kicking in the pool with a kickboard while his teammates swam. Between 2004-2008 he attend teh University of Michigan in Arrbor, Michigan. He is also an American professional swimmer and he has won 14 gold medals. He holds eight world records in swimming. He has made an estimated 5 million per year in endorsements, including an estimated 1 million dollar to be the face of Mazda in China. On December 2008, Tv Guide reported that Pheplps, selection as one of America's top ten fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC Tv program that aired on December 4, 2008.

By Tessa