Name: Michael PHELPS
Date of birth: 30/06/85
Place of birth: Baltimore (USA)
Height: 187cm
Weight: 79 kg
Sport: Swimming

　　菲尔普斯15岁时崛起世界泳坛，当时他成为入选美国奥运游泳队最年轻的选手，并在悉尼奥运会上获得200米蝶泳的第五名。之后，菲尔普斯在雅典奥运会独得六金让他名声大震。

　　而在刚刚的墨本尔世锦赛上，这位22岁的美国神童居然在8天里狂卷7金，并且5破世界纪录。菲尔普斯奇迹般的演出，也为本届世锦赛增添一丝传奇色彩。

Michael Phelps has almost done it. One more day to go, two more races to swim, the 400m IM and the 4x100m medley² relay, which he will predictably win. Then the mission that the American ace¹ has imposed to himself - to win eight gold medals in eight days – will be accomplished³. On Saturday night, over the 100m butterfly, Phelps beat the toughest opponent, his compatriot Ian Crocker, the defending champion and the hardest obstacle. Michael bagged his sixth gold medal, the less predictable one. This is his 16th World Championships gold medal.

Crocker had the better first 50m of the two, turning 0.05 outside world record pace in 23.56 with Phelps in third place. With Phelps storming down the second 50m, Crocker appeared to be heading to his second consecutive⁴ world title but a slow glide⁵ to the wall cost him the gold. Meanwhile, Phelps finished on a full stroke to win his first world title in the 100m butterfly. In a repeat of the result at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (GRE) Crocker had to settle for the silver in 50.82.

At the previous World Championships, in Montreal, Crocker had won the race in 50.40 while Phelps came in second in 51.65. This Saturday, the American pair exchanged positions. Phelps won in a time of 50.77, a personal best, while a dismayed Crocker finished a mere⁶ 0.05 seconds behind.

At the end of the seventh competition day Phelps had accumulated 13 first places out of 14 starts. He missed out victory, and came in third, only in the 100m butterfly semi-final on Friday night. He has swum six finals capturing six gold medals (four individual, two relay) and establishing four world records (three individual, one relay) and a championships record (relay).