Born: June 30, 1985

Place of Birth: Baltimore

Started swimming at North Baltimore Aqua Club

Coach at the time: Bob Bowman

Michael Phelps made the Olympic team when he was fifteen years old. In Athens this year he did very well and many people were counting on him. He got six gold medals, and two bronze medals. He did very well in Athens.

Jenny Thompson was born February 26,1973. She is an eight time gold medallist. All of theses medals come from relays that she is in. one of the relays that she is very good at is the 400 free relay. That is when there are four people in the relay and they each do four lengths.

She was awarded the “most dedicated swimmer ever.” Her 50 free time is a 25.11.  That is a very good time. She loves relays and is very good at them.

Amanda Beard was born on October 29, 1981. Her hometown is Irvine California. She has broken many records and her favorite stroke is breaststroke and she is very good at it.  She does many different things and loves working with children.

In this years Olympics, she got one gold medal and two bronze medals. She also broke the 200 breaststroke record.  She models in swimsuits for magazines.

Mike Mintengo is 27 years old. He was born in Moos Jaw SK. He swims for Canada. He was in the Olympics in Athens.

He started swimming when he was eight years old.  He worked very hard to get where he is today and now he has become very successful.

Kaitlin Sandeno was born on March 13, 1983, and she is from Lake Forest, California where she swam with the Nellie Gail Gator Saddleback Valley Club, and found herself as one of the top swimmers in the world.  She now attends University of Southern California.

In the summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal, a silver medal, and a gold medal.  She usually practices 1 hour and 15 minutes in the morning, then two and a half hours at night, and does 45 minutes of dryland each day to stay in shape.