Michael Phelps Girlfriend Rumors Heat Up

Michael Phelps has made all the headlines in the pool after going one better than Mark Spitz’s record, now his girlfriend looks just as likely to be thrust into the spotlight.

She previously had to wrest her man from the pool, but now there is a magnitude of gold to wade through before she can get to her man.

Two girls have recently been linked with Beijing’s eight-time gold medalist: US swimmer Amanda Beard and British model Lily Donaldson.

Beard held the Olympic record for women’s 200 metres breaststroke after her win in Athens, but failed to reach the final in Beijing.

She recently posed nude for an anti-fur ad campaign by using the Olympics for maximum exposure. Like US tennis player Ashley Harkleroad, Beard has also posed nude for Playboy.

21-year-old Donaldson is the surprise of the two candidates. She is regarded as one of the top models in the world, while she replaced Kate Moss as one of the faces of Burberry.

However, Phelps, has always played down his private life. Before the 2004 Games, the 23-year-old said: “I haven’t got a girlfriend and I can’t do the kind of things all my friends are doing as college students.

“I swim, listen to hip hop and work on my car. But, in my opinion, that’s still a pretty good life. I don’t know whether I’d want to trade it for anything.”

Now that he has overhauled Spitz he has no reason to trade, although Beard and Donaldson might have differing opinions.

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Published 8/19/08.

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  • He's becoming a bigger dork every day
    Anonymous 11/12/09 Reply
  • michael phelps is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i hear his new girlfriend is a waitress in vegas.
    Anonymous 11/9/08 Reply
  • come on! you're 2 hot, but then u dnt hav any girlfriend?
    Anonymous 10/8/08 Reply
  • gud 4 u... guess u hav 2 first concntrate on your carrier and busy schedules.. hanging up wid ur dog herman wud surely do gud to u... gud luck and more powers!
    Anonymous 10/8/08 Reply
  • hey, he dosent have a girlfriend, he's waiting for Me! just kidding.....but anyway I think Michael Phelps is an awesome swimmer plus he's totally cute. I hope I can meet him some day when a I become famous!! God bless ya all!
    Anonymous 9/11/08 Reply
  • Mike's glory did not come without his teammates... especially, Jason Lezak who really saved relay GOLD... he swan against Alain Bernard, who declared to beat the US team from behind and captured the GOLD for the team... why aren't we giving Lezak...
    Anonymous 8/31/08 Reply
  • Mike's glory did not come without his teammates... especially, Jason Lezak who really saved relay GOLD... he swan against Alain Bernard, who declared to beat the US team from behind and captured the GOLD for the team... why aren't we giving Lezak...
    Anonymous 8/31/08 Reply
  • Phelps should be lucky to have any girl like him with that mug. See how money and fame can make a fugly like him suddenly Brad Pitt?
    Anonymous 8/29/08 Reply
  • What a nice photo! Seems he is on gothiclover.com
    adafr 8/28/08 Reply
  • Hypnotizn: He actually DIDNT bring his dog to China with him...in an interview this past week they asked him what was gonna be the first thing he would do when he got home he said "see my dog I really miss him!" ...and why would he have or WANT a...
    Anonymous 8/26/08 Reply
  • michael needs to concentrate on olympic history, he won't need a girlfriend until after next olympics!
    Anonymous 8/20/08 Reply
  • nah, michael doesnt have a girlfriend......i think he wants to settle down and just relax for at least a couple of months
    =]
  • Wait, possible lucky ladies? Did he even suggest he had a girlfriend? There's should be a poll answer of "none of the above". I mean, come on, he took his dog with him to China, not a girlfriend, what does that say? It says he's a single bachelor...
    Hypnotizn 8/19/08 Reply