Olympics: Michael Phelps factfile

US swimmer Michael Phelps holds his gold medal on the podium of the men’s 200m butterfly final during the swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 31, 2012 in London. AFP/CHRISTOPHE SIMON

LONDON—Factfile on Michael Phelps who became the most decorated athlete in Olympic history on Tuesday with 19 medals, surpassing the 18 won by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina from 1956-1964:

Name: Michael Phelps

Date of birth: June 30, 1985

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland

Nationality: USA

Lives: Baltimore, Maryland

Height: 1.93m

Weight: 83.9kg

Sport: Swimming

Olympic medals:

2004: Gold: 100m/200m butterfly, 200m/400m individual medley, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x100m medley relay

Bronze: 200m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay

2008: Gold: 200m freestyle, 100m/100m butterfly, 200m/400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x100m medley relay

2012: Gold: 4x200m freestyle relay

Silver: 4x100m freestyle relay, 200mfly

World Championships medals: 33 (26 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)

Career highlights:

• First US male swimmer to qualify for fourth Olympic team, 2012

• Won historic eight gold medals at 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting seven world records

• Set four individual world records and won seven gold medals at 2007 world championships

• At 2004 Athens Olympics, his eight medals included six gold as he matched Soviet gymnast
• Alexandr Dityatin (1980) for most medals at a single Games

• Only man to win five US national titles at a single championships

• Only man to win a US national title in three different strokes at one championship

• Youngest man (15 years, 9 months) to break a world record — 200m butterfly in March of 2001

• Qualified for first Olympic team in 2000 at age 15, youngest male Olympian since 1932