Michael Fred Phelps was born June 30, 1985. He is a retired American swimmer who holds the record for the most Olympics medals won by any athlete at 28, including 23 gold medals and 13 individual golds. Phelps competed in his first Olympics at the age of 15, as part of the U.S. men's swim team. He was the first American male swimmer to earn a spot on five Olympic teams and also made history as the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history at the age of 28. Michael Phelps like every other person had someone to motivate him to become the best swimmer in the world and when he did it his life changed, but it had a good effect on him.
Firstly, the reason for Michael Phelps becoming the world's greatest swimmer was because of his sister. Michael Phelps was a normal little kid in a small neighbourhood in America. His sister Hilary was the reason for him to start swimming. He adored her and wanted to be just like her. When he was 4 he started swimming in a swim team. He was always very eager to succeed to make his mom and his Sister proud. Phelps was always
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There was also a man who changed his life, Coach Bob. Bob was like family to him and he treated Phelps like his child. Phelps thought Bob was annoying, but he knew Bob was doing the right thing for him. Phelps appreciated his help but he had to leave because the US swim team worked with other Coaches. Although Michael Phelps then trained with a different team, he still came back together with Bob every once in a while to train extra. Other people that changed his life were his opponents. Every race, he had new opponents to race against, which means Phelps has to get faster. The last way Michael Phelps changed when this group of Scientists challenged him to a race against a shark. That changed Michael's thinking because he never thought he was going to race a shark. But the main change in this point is that he beat one of the sharks. That made him super