think Michael Phelps is a credible person when it comes to swimming. He was very successful though his credibility took a hit when he was pictured holding a marijuana pipe (Crouse). Phelps was born to his parents, Fred and Debbie, on June 30, 1985 (JockBio: Michael Phelps Biography). He has two sisters, Whitney and Hilary (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Both of them took up swimming when they were young and Michael followed in their footsteps (JackBio: Michael Phelps Biography). Phelps started
Michael Phelps is well-known in the world as a very impressive swimmer. Phelps holds many Olympic and swimming records. He has long surpassed the many records of other highly regarded swimmers. Americans have followed Phelps, starting at a young age. He joined the United States Olympic team at the young age of fifteen. He drew attention from the whole country, considering he was the youngest American swimmer to make the Olympic team in almost seventy years. As Phelps continued his swimming career
Michael Phelps The crowd roared as he stepped up to the block. As he tightened his goggles, he pictured his race on last time. The starter said take your mark…go, the race began. A few seconds later Michael touched the wall and once again, he took gold. Michael Phelps excelled in the sport of swimming and was destined to go to the Olympics, and with some help, he changed the sport of swimming and is arguably the best Olympic swimmer in history. Michael was born on June 30, 1985 and is the only
Michael Phelps was born on June 30th, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the 3rd child of Debbie and Fred Phelps. Michael has grown up to be a world renown Olympic swimmer with 28 Olympic medals; 18 of those being gold. He has set world records at as young as age 15 and instantly America fell in love with him. Michael’s parents got divorced when he was only 9 years old and he lived with his mom and sisters in the Baltimore area. Michael was inspired to learn swimming after his 2 sisters joined the
Tonight on the Rio Olympics everyone was excited to see Michael Phelps. The thing that everyone noticed his body had these big red dots all over it and nobody knew what they were from or why he had them. Michael didn't even act like anything was different. USA Today shared the details of what was all over Michael Phelps tonight. Fans went to social networks right away trying to figure out what was going on with him. Tonight Michael Phelps was part of the U.S. men's 4x100 freestyle relay. Everyone
impacted the United States, and Michael Phelps is an influential swimmer. Swimming has evolved over the course of our history in many ways. Swimming used to only be a leisure activity. It was usually not for competing. Swimming first evolved when people found ten thousand year old rock paintings with people swimming on them on a cave of a wall in Egypt. The pictures showed different swimming styles such as the breaststroke and the doggy paddle. The most famous
millennials we use our brain and body to much that we need more food every time like Michel Phelps. Michael Phelps, who was scientifically born to be in the water, the secret behind his 22 gold medals lies in eating a staggering 12,500calories each day. The average adult male eats around 2500 calories in comparison, making Phelps ' appetite for success – and pasta – even more extraordinary. (Michael Phelps’ Olympic diet) Therefore, millennials actually burn all the collieries faster than the old
Michael Phelps - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Explained Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a psychological personality disorder which makes the patient have a harder time focusing and controlling themselves making them hyper. Also this disorder can sometimes interfere with development and functionality. Many people diagnosed with ADHD have to take medicine, like Ritalin, in their early years to control their energy. Then in their later life they will commonly grow
Images of people dying young are viewed by many as one of the most tragic and inescapable fates imaginable. People aspire to live long and fruitful lives and would be quite appalled to have a premature death viewed in such a positive manner. However, in Alfred Edward Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young” the reader is given just that, an unconventional and oddly justifiable outlook at a young man dying an early death. This theme of short-lived fame during life (and even after death) is clear throughout
pools. All you can hear is the muffled noises of ecstatic fans cheering. All you can feel is the water urging you to keep swimming. Then you reach your hand out and feel the wall. You emerge out of the crystal blue pool water and have won! Michael Phelps and Dara Torres are two extraordinary swimmers who live their lives in the Olympic pools. Both Torres Is Tops and Michael’s Magic deal with the challenges and successes of Dara and Michael’s Olympic careers, but they do so in different ways.
but now it is Michael Phelps. According to the World Biography “The difference between Phelps and Spitz is remarkably different”. Michael Phelps had a lot more things to make him a better swimmer, he had more knowledge of the sport and a more efficient body type. The World Biography says that “Mark got seven gold at 1972 and Phelps got eight in 2008” . Phelps won gold in all of his events in the 2008 Olympics and Spitz got gold in all of his but he only did seven events in 1972. Phelps had more opportunities
The goal for McDonald’s 2008 Beijing Olympic Games campaign was to obtain and control a corporate sponsorship by breaking through the problems of the host country. The news media was focused on problems relating to the host country, whether within or surrounding the country. McDonald’s campaign wanted to break away from the focus of those troubles, and bring that focus onto the actual Olympics itself. The media was covering the challenges China was facing in preparation for the games. McDonald’s
fate. An entire world reduced to nothing but a black line, the path to success, the road to the all important goal: getting a P.R. “I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time,” Michael Phelps, an Olympic gold medalist, once stated. This is the life of a swimmer. We train hard to swim hard, and we swim hard for ourselves and ourselves alone. We push past our own limits to reach out to our dreams, and then we push harder to grasp
Traditional marketing is faced with challenges of reaching consumer markets. The companies are forced to find new communication ways due to the highly competitive market environment. Consequently, corporate sponsorship of sports has become an increasingly popular and one of the fastest growing marketing communication tools which bypasses the media and provides the environment where a brand can differentiate itself from the others. Linking the brand with an event via sponsorship enables companies
In this image we see soldiers grieve over citizen’s death. If we look even closer, we will notice that soldiers’ fingers were injured. It feels as if they search and rescue citizen many days, and they did not sleep even one night. It almost seems that we can hear theirs’s prays. They want all citizen be rescued. I choose this image because that earthquake is distressing, but I saw many good spirits. This event is Sichuan earthquake in may 2008. Also Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics is in August，financial
Nowadays, important sectors in our country like industrial, plantation and automotive sectors are able to enjoy rapid improvement and success domestically or internationally. All these sectors have shown a lot of positive outcomes except for our sport sector. Recent statistics prove that our sport sector is facing problems and is declining in many aspects and areas that contribute to the poor productivity and progress. For example, our national athletes’ disappointment at the Athens 2004 Olympic
Kiefer, Jazzmynn March 18, 2014 Mr. Hanson Period 6 Historical Biography Have you ever wanted to know what an Olympic gymnast’s life was like before all of the fame? You will now because I chose Shawn Johnson. In this paper I hope to tell you about her energetic childhood and teen years that lead her to the Olympics, the 2008 summer Olympics, and the reason she retired. On January 19,1992, in Des Moines, Iowa a future Olympic gymnast was born by the name of Shawn Machel Johnson (Shawn Johnson
Throughout history, lifeguards are known to be attractive young men/women that come to save the day in emphatic fashion when there is a problem in the water. Lifeguards have been around since approximately the 1800’s, when swimming became a popular hobby and coinciding with drowning becoming a serious issue. While lifeguarding doesn’t provide a legitimate case to be a career job, there are certain forms of lifeguarding such as permanent beach lifeguards that pays incredibly well and is something
Missy Franklin is known in the world for her talent as a swimmer. But what awards did she receive? Where did she grow up? And how did her life change after the Olympics? Most people care about who she is as an athlete, and as an Olympic medalist. But the real question is... Who is she as a person, and as an ordinary (well almost ordinary) high school student? To get to the Olympics an athlete has to have grit, and Missy Franklin has it. Missy didn’t give up and has grown up to be one of the best
The Olympic Legends Jim Thorpe, Florence Griffith Joyner and Mark Spitz There are many important Olympic athletes. Three of the most amazing, however, are probably Jim Thorpe, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Mark Spitz. These legends were suberb athletes as well, as amazing people. Jim Thorpe was born on May 28, 1887 in a one-room cabin in Oklahoma. Although there is much confusion on Thorpe's date of birth, this is the date according to his estate. The career biography of Jim Thorpe reads