Michael Phelps Trivia Questions

Phelps won 8 golds at Beijing 2008, surpassing Mark Spitz's record of 7 golds in 1972.

Phelps later clarified the 12,000-calorie claim was a myth; his actual intake was about 8,000–10,000 calories per day.

He raced a simulated great white shark for a TV special, but it was not a real shark race.

Michael Phelps holds the record for 23 Olympic gold medals and 28 total medals (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), the most of any Olympian in history.

He competed at 15 in 2000 but won no medals. His first gold came at age 19 in 2004.

He was suspended for 6 months by USA Swimming after his 2014 DUI, not a full year.

Phelps has a 6'7" wingspan but is only 6'4" tall, an unusual ratio that helps his swimming stroke.

Michael Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD at age 9 and has spoken openly about how swimming helped him manage the condition.

Michael Phelps won his first Olympic gold medals at the 2004 Athens Games, earning 6 golds and 2 bronzes; he placed 5th in the 200 butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics at age 15.

Michael Phelps lost several individual Olympic races, such as the 200m butterfly in 2012 to Chad le Clos and the 100m butterfly in 2016 to Joseph Schooling.

Michael Phelps did not set world records in all his Olympic finals; for example, his 2012 200m butterfly silver medal was not a world record, and some relays fell short.

He won the 200m individual medley in four straight Games (2004-2016), but other swimmers like Katie Ledecky have also achieved this.

Michael Phelps won gold in the 100m butterfly, not freestyle, at the 2008 Olympics. He also won a relay gold in the 4x100m freestyle.

In 2007, he fractured his wrist but still won the 200m butterfly at the US Nationals with a cast.

Michael Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, 1985. Ann Arbor is the home of the University of Michigan, where he briefly trained.

Michael Phelps has a 6'7" wingspan, 3 inches longer than his 6'4" height, a physical advantage that contributed to his swimming success.