How did Michael Phelps get involved in swimming?

Question

I need tp know how he got into Swimming so i can finish my Homework. Reply soon. CYA = ) !!!

Answer 1

his parents got divorced when he was eleven, and having three kids she needed something for him to do especially since he had so much energy. so she signed him up from swimming. after a while his coach tells his m,om, you need to decide right now if you want michael to be an olympic swimmer, so he started traingin and thats hwo he got started.

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http://jockbio.com/Bios/Phelps/Phelps_bi...

Answer 2

He has ADD and needed something to do to use his energy.

Answer 3

I guess he jumped into a swimming pool and started flapping his arms and legs around

Answer 4

His dad one day just threw him into a lake when he was 5yr old and he was drownin at first but he learned to swip. His dad forced him to do 100-200laps a day. Then at 13 he joined a league and won everything. His dad kept doing this to him. At 18 he loved the sport and now is the best swimmer ever.

Answer 5

Got this from Wikipedia.

Michael, whose nickname is "MP", has two older sisters, Whitney and Hilary.[4][5] Both of them were swimmers as well, with Whitney coming close to making the U.S. national team for the 1996 Summer Olympics before injuries derailed her career.[6]

In his youth, Phelps was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).[4] He started swimming at age seven, partly because of the influence of his sisters and partly to provide him with an outlet for his energy.