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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 ...
Johnson with husband Michael Phelps in March 2017. On February 21, 2015, Johnson became engaged to swimmer Michael Phelps. [12] Johnson and Phelps had first met at the 2007 ESPY Awards. [3] They started dating in 2009 and temporarily broke up prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics before reuniting in 2014.
In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box.
(Sean Gardner/Getty Images) In 2014, former professional swimmer and the most-decorated Olympian of all-time Michael Phelps checked himself into an inpatient treatment center, as the depths of his ...
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.
Michael further noted that he wants to give Boomer, Beckett, Maverick and baby No. 4 a “toolbox” to overcome various life challenges. Nicole and Michael Phelps. Bruce Yeung/Getty Images