What do you think, pple? Is Phelps the best athlete of all time?
I am pretty sure he is.
Here is something from his bios:
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of 2008, Phelps holds seven world records in swimming.
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals at a single Olympics, his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassing American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven gold performance at Munich in 1972.
Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008.
He is one of the greatest, for sure? The GOAT? well....I'll think twice before make made statement yet. There are a lot of contenders in that area yet. Marc Spitz, Pele, Maradona, Gretzky, Tyson, Bimon, Bubka, Steffi Graff, Federer, Jordan, .....