Michael Phelps: the true story after the success

The life of Michael Phelps has many versions. He became a demigod of the sport, but little loses everything. That's how he revived

Historically, the Olympic Games became a thunderous event that moves the masses of the different countries, creating unparalleled moments that will forever be etched in the hearts of the entire world, just as it will be when remembering.

 

Unquestionably, the 36-year-old former swimmer is considered the greatest Olympian in all of history by climbing to the podium like a demi-god, but even with all the most coveted medals around his neck, Phelps gave the entire world the best teaching in history.life: your happiness will always be the most important thing.

The first stroke on Olympus

Sydney 2000 would be the stage where the great athlete that Phelps was about to become saw for the first time, since barely 15 years old he was already competing alongside the stars of Olympus. Although he could not dazzle on the podium, he did in the pool by placing fifth in the 200-meter butterfly and being the youngest on the United States Olympic swim team since Ralph Flanagan in 1932.

However, that was only a small taste of what was going to happen, and it is that in a span of four years, in Athens 2004, he transcended to the place that awaited him with open arms with 6 gold and 2 bronze so that his name will cross the mouth of the whole world.

Mistakes in full youth

When everything seemed to be a path full of success at 19 years old, Phelps changed the route of his address and his youth would end up paying the bill for him to make his first mistake when he was arrested while driving under the influence of alcohol and served 18 months of probation. .

This turned an asterisk towards the name that was being forged as an athlete and an example of persistence for the new generations; However, his honesty before the judge to take responsibility for his acts, increased the admiration that was held in him, taking into account the complicity that Phelps went through in his family and social environment while he shone in the maximum event. sports.

The legend begins and its early goodbye

Many will remember the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the full domain of an athlete who was hungry to write his name in gold letters at all costs. And so it was since Phelps swept not only with one discipline, but with the entire summer fair by hanging 8 gold medals in his walk: 200 free, 100 and 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 combined and the 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 relay free and 4×100 medley; so Phelps would frame his legacy as the top award-winner in a single edition.

The American's ambition would not end there, and London 2012 would be a witness to it. Four gold medals and two silver medals were the fruit of his commitment to knowing his own limits, which he saw afloat to end up giving up his successful career at the age of 27 due to the burden that began to sink him emotionally after having consecrated himself with 22 medals. olympic

A depression that almost took his life

Prior to his glorification, Phelps went through another unfortunate moment in which he was caught in 2009 smoking a marijuana pipe, which brought multiple consequences to his career, both at a sports and commercial level, but the episode that completely brought him down, He would present five years later with a state of depression after a six-month suspension and no participation in the 2015 World Cups due to a second arrest for speeding under the influence of alcohol.

This opened his eyes to the world that his highest Olympic standard, also suffered emotionally like any other human being, and that is that the 'Baltimore Shark' would find help in his friend Ray Lewis, former player of the Baltimore Ravens, when pointing out in different occasions that he hit rock bottom after his retirement, leading him to contemplate suicide: “I am really grateful that he did not take my life.”

The resurgence and the final goodbye

Phelps found peace with himself and his surroundings to return one last time to his favorite setting. Rio 2016 would look forward to surrendering to the greatest athlete that has emerged in the macro event, and it is that, in his fifth games at 31 years old, the American would say goodbye as the only athlete to win five golds and one silver in that edition.

He arrived at the right time and as he deserved, enjoying like never before the competition that saw him born and transform him into the greatest of all time with 28 medals in his showcases, 23 gold, 3 silver and two bronze, for begin to overflow his full happiness with his family, the place that always sheltered him to show him that beyond his recognition, the best of all will be his humanity. 

  Summary

Michael Phelps is one of most expensive paid athletes of all times, he has total worth $80 Million and he is retired now , he is considered the successful Olympians of all the time