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Olympic champion Michael Phelps announced that his father, Fred Phelps, had died, and shared photos of them together over the years.
His father, Michael Fred Phelps, was a retired Maryland State Trooper who played football in high school and college and tried out for the Washington Redskins in the 1970s. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] His parents divorced in 1994 when he was nine years old, and his father remarried in 2000. [ 22 ]
The 23-time gold medalist has obviously had plenty of top moments in his lifetime, but he’s made it clear that no event tops the moment he became a father. 17 times Michael Phelps was a gold ...
Here, Michael Phelps shares with Fortune his top tricks for being his best self—or getting back to himself when he’s having an off day. 1. Focusing on physical wellness
Bowman was named as an assistant coach on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, serving as the primary coach for Phelps. At the 2004 Games, Bowman helped coach Phelps to eight medals, including six gold medals and two bronze. Four years later, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he coached Phelps to achieve eight Olympic gold medals, which had never been done ...
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. (November 13, 1929 – March 19, 2014) was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas.
Phelps and his wife are parents of four kids, Boomer, 8, Beckett, 6, Maverick, 4, and Nico, born earlier this year. He says his children also know he struggles with his mental health at times.
Phelps is the author of 39 fact-based nonfiction (true crime) books, 2 thrillers, and four history books, including co-authoring Failures of the Presidents with Thomas J. Craughwell. [1] Phelps has written for The Providence Journal , the Hartford Courant and the New London Day , and consulted on the first season of the Showtime cable ...