American Olympic Sporting Heroes

Michael Phelps

• He has won 14 gold Olympic medals. 8 at Beijing and 6 at Athens.

• He holds the record for most Olympic gold medals.

• He began swimming at the age of 7

• He broke his first record when he was 15 years old. He is youngest person ever to break a swimming record.

Tyson Gay

• He is the second fastest athlete in the 100m.

• He is the 5th fastest in the history of the 200m

• His best in the 100m is 9.69s

• He never won an Olympic gold medal

Carl Lewis

• He has won 9 gold Olympic gold medals.

• In 1988 he set the new American record for the 100m at 9.93s but he still lost

• He was named sportsman of the century and Olympian of the century.