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“Who Do You Think Won?”: Michael Phelps and Wife Nicole Johnson Try Out a New Exciting Sport

ByIshani Yadav

Jul 28, 2022 | 8:15 AM EDT

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Michael Phelps shares a great bond with Nicole Johnson. He met her at the 2007 ESPY award event. They dated for a while and later got married secretly in 2016. The most decorated Swimmer, Phelps, has 28 medals, of which 23 are gold.

Since then, Phelps has been busy enjoying his retired life with his wife and three sons. In addition, he is busy exploring different games and competitions.

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Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson playing Pickleball

Michael has been playing and enjoying different sports with his wife, Nicole. Recently Nicole shared a picture of her and Michael. They were standing beside each other and posing with Paddles. Nicole wrote in the caption, “Thanks @taylorchien for @thebestpaddle … who do you think won?!”

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She thanked Taylor Chien for the paddles to play pickleball. Meanwhile, Taylor also shared their picture and wrote, “You know it’s The Best Paddle when the GOAT Michael Phelps and Niki play pickleball with THE BEST PADDLE!!!!! @thebestpaddle @m_phelps00 @mrs.nicolephelps #pickleball.”

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Meanwhile, The official page of The Best Paddle also shared the same picture and praised both of them. Michael was also seen playing pickleball with NFL player Larry Fitzgerald in Arizona.

This news made a big headline, and people were delighted to watch this match between Fitz and Phelps.

Michael playing golf with Nicole

Since Phelps retired, he has been experimenting with different sports. One of the sports is golf, and he has been learning to play golf with dedication. The Flying Fish has been seen playing golf with his wife, Nicole. Once, he even said in an interview that he loves competing with his wife in golf.

Michael said, “As you heard, you can compete with absolutely anybody. I compete with my wife. I talk a lot of trash with my wife on the course, and it’s awesome. But she beat me last time, so she can hold that over my head.”

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Michael talked about how his wife had beaten him in golf. Meanwhile, Phelps has also played golf with Team USA in the 2022 Icons Series golf tournament. The match was held in the Liberty National Golf Club, New Jersey.

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