Since he was 15 years of age
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
He was good at it, and he loved the sport.
Yes, he did, he won 2 silver medals and 4 gold medals
Started training when he was 10, started walking when he was 1.
There is no swimming in the winter Olympics. The summer Olympics that we swan in and will swim in are 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. He said he is done after 2012 cause than by the next summer Olympics in 2016 he will be over 30 and he said he is done after he turns 30.
Michael Phelps started to swim from the age of seven onwards. It was partially because of the urging of his sisters and partially as an outlet for his great energy.
Yes, he did while his coach Bob Bowman was head coach of the Michigan wolverines men's swim team. After the 2008 olympics, he and his coach moved back to Baltimore.
Yes! Phelps will compete in the 2012 US Olympic Swimming Trials, if he makes the team(top 2 spots in each event) he will swim in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. These Games will be his 4th (Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London) and final.
No. He has decided to retire
His mom wanted him to be water safe
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He says that he has stopped and that he will not be in the 2016 Olympic games. Sadly he is going to stop swimming in the Olympics when he is 30. He said at the winter Olympics that 2012 olympis will be his last Olympics because he will be 27, and he doesn't want to swim at the Olympics after he 30. :(