Michael Phelps shows his dreams for Olympic glory with a multicolored Olympic ring tattoo on the right side of his lower stomach. The five intertwined rings represent the unity of the five inhabited continents (with the Americas regarded as one continent). And the colors (white, red, blue, green, yellow and black) were chosen because each nation has at least one of these colors in its national flag. Phelps also has another tattoo on the left side of his lower stomach that is a version of the University of Michigan logo, his alma mater. The University of Michigan is known for its sports wins, especially in football, ice hockey and basketball. University of Michigan athletes and coaches have participated in 26 out the 28 Olympic Games held since its inception.
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He holds seven world records in swimming and has won 14 Olympic gold medals, second only to a Russian gymnast who has won 18. Phelps also holds the record for the most gold medals with the eight gold medals he won at the 2008 Olympic Games, beating swimming legend MarkSpitz. Although he is the current "golden boy" due to his historic wins in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he has continually been questioned by the press about taking performance-enhancing drugs. In response, Phelps signed up for Project Believe, a project in which U.S. Olympians can volunteer to be tested more than the guidelines of the Games. During the Games, Phelps was tested nine times and passed all of them.
