I am a big swimming fan.  My favorite is Michael Phelps, who is the most awarded Olympian of all time.
He is a legend, unlikely to be matched in our lifetimes. He was designed to swim.
I believe you are right.  He won eight gold medals in 2008 alone!
I watched him win those. He is an extraordinary athlethe.
Yes he has 23 gold medals.  By far the most all time
I don't think anyone will surpass that any time soon. Just an amazing accomplishment.
-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.
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Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first