MyFoxBoston.com Yearbook: Michael Phelps, Person of the year

FOX 25 viewers voted Michael Phelps the person of the year in the MyFoxBoston.com 2012 yearbook.

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, decided to end his Olympic career with the closing of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The 27-year-old Phelps began his Olympic career at age 15. Phelps quickly became a household name as the youngest person to ever set a world swimming record with his 200-meter butterfly in 2001. Phelps would continue to smash world records for the rest of his career.

Phelps ended his career with a whopping 22 medals; 18 gold, two silver, and two bronze.

Here is a list of Phelps' medals and world records:

Gold

800-meter freestyle relay, 2012

200-meter individual medley, 2012

4x200-meter freestyle relay, 2012

4x100-meter medley relay, 2012

200-meter freestyle, 2008

100-meter butterfly, 2008

200-meter butterfly, 2008

200-meter individual medley, 2008

400-meter individual medley, 2008

400-meter freestyle relay, 2008

800-meter freestyle relay, 2008

400-meter medley relay, 2008

100-meter butterfly, 2004

200-meter butterfly, 2004

200-meter individual medley, 2004

400-meter individual medley, 2004

800-meter freestyle relay, 2004

400-meter medley relay, 2004

Silver

200-meter butterfly, 2012

400-meter freestyle relay, 2012

Bronze

200-meter freestyle, 2004

400-meter freestyle relay, 2004

List from: UPI.COM

World records:

100 butterfly

200 butterfly

400 individual medley

400 freestyle relay

800 freestyle relay

400 medley relay

list from: USA Swimming

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