Swimming is an Olympic sport that uses skill, endurance, and the Olymic Values such as Joy of Effort and The Pursuit of Excellence.
Olympic swimmers train very hard 2-3 hours a day and 5 days a week.
The equipment you need to be a professional are goggles to see under water, swim cap to prevent friction between the swimmer's hair and the water, and a bathing suit to help your speed.
An Olympic Pool is 2.5 meters wide and 50 meters long. There are 10 lanes , but only 8 are used because of the disadvantages of the outer lanes getting all the waves from the middle lanes, that slows the swimmer down and makes it harder to complete each stroke. An Olympic pool is 77-82.4 degrees fahrenheit.
Michael Phelps is an Olympic swimmer, you might know him better as the Baltimore Bullet or the Flying Fish. Michael was born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is 6 ft 4 inches, he weighs 185 pounds, and is known for his record breaking times. Micheal Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals in a single Olympics. He has won world swimmer of the year award six times and American swimmer of the year award eight times.
In Michael's entire career he has won a total of 66 medals. 54 of them are gold, nine of them are silver, and three of them are bronze. He is an amazing swimmer who uses all the Olympic Values.