If Michael Phelps were a country...
– He would be ranked #55 in the all-time medal count, tied with India and Slovakia with 20 total medals, better than 148 other countries in the Olympics.
– He'd have more Twitter followers (674,730) than Luxembourg has in total population (509,074).
– He'd be making more money than certain entire countries. He is estimated to make $100 million over the course of his lifetime. This is more than twice the estimated GDP of the Tuvalu Islands ($37,470,000).
– He'd be liked on Facebook (5.5 million times) more times than the total number of Internet users in Greece (4,971,000).
– Phelps, born in 1985, would be older than several countries including Namibia, Slovakia, Serbia, Kosovo, and South Sudan.
– Phelps, standing 6-foot-4, would be taller than the average Dutch man (6 feet), considered to be the world’s tallest people.
We say this, of course to highlight the legacy of Phelps, who won his 20th medal on Thursday, which earned him the record of the most medals won of all time.
Phelps, who began swimming at age 7 to emulate his sisters, set individual world records 29 times, and he still holds records in six events. In the three competitive races he has left he won't be besting those times, now that he's almost a swimming old man (and because of slower swimsuits).
He wraps up a career as the most decorated Olympian ever, perhaps the greatest ever. Some commentators will argue the cases of track and field's Carl Lewis, who missed an Olympics because of a U.S. boycott, or distance runner Paavo Nurmi, who won 12 medals. Some might argue for Bjorn Daehlie, the Norwegian cross-country skier. And there's gymnast Larisa Latynina, whose 18 medals are now second all time.
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Quoting katy_kay08:
Where do I get in line to emigrate?
LOL
Quoting tiffyhamm:
This was very interesting. I wonder who has the time to come up with this stuff? I mean I like stuff like this, I just wonder what makes someone think...hmm, what IF Michael Phelps was a country?
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Cute.
I always remember some random news show dissecting his body structure. Things like, He has an abnormally short torso, or, He has feet that are so long his long arms look short, and other random things that just made him sound so unfortunate. lol
I remember that. They said his feet were so big, they acted like flippers in the water.
Quoting krysstizzle:Cute.
I always remember some random news show dissecting his body structure. Things like, He has an abnormally short torso, or, He has feet that are so long his long arms look short, and other random things that just made him sound so unfortunate. lol
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Quoting tiffyhamm:
I'm claiming his chest, abs, hell the entire front.
Quoting katy_kay08:
Where do I get in line to emigrate?
Yep. But any one else can has that man's face.
Sorry.
From the neck down, it works. Other than that, not so much.
Now, Nathan Adrian.............................that is a different story. lol
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Maya Angelou
Quoting tiffyhamm:
I was clearly in line first...but I will share.
Holder to investigate....Holder
- NWP
on Aug. 2, 2012 at 11:23 PM