Swimmer Michael Phelps Surpasses 1 Million Facebook Fans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2008 - 4:42pm.

Baltimore - Fresh off his record-breaking performance at the Beijing Olympics, Baltimore swimmer Michael Phelps also continues to make giant waves online. As of Tuesday morning, the 23-year-old's Facebook fan page had just over 1 million members. As the Baltimore Sun pointed out, that's second only to presidential candidate Barack Obama, who had 1.35 million Facebook fans. "So many comments poured in [Monday], part of his fan profile site temporarily crashed," The Sun reported, citing Facebook officials. By comparison, Phelps -- who on Sunday broke Mark Spitz's Olympic record with eight gold medals during a single Olympics -- had more fans than the two most popular bands on Facebook, Coldplay and Linkin Park, combined.

 

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http://snipurl.com/3hvhc (Baltimore Sun)

http://www.facebook.com/michaelphelps?ref=pdb

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