SI Flashback: Michael Phelps poses at bottom of University of Michigan pool

Before Michael Phelps was a 23-time gold medal winner and the most decorated Olympian of all time, he was just another college student at the University of

Andy Gray | Aug 15, 2016

SI Flashback: Michael Phelps poses at bottom of University of Michigan pool /

Before Michael Phelps was a 23-time gold medal winner and the most decorated Olympian of all time, he was just another college student at the University of Michigan. The year was 2005 and SI on Campus (a much-beloved, now-departed Sports Illustrated magazine dedicated to college life) visited Ann Arbor for a cover feature on Phelps. Photographer Heinz Kluetmeier wanted something unique for this shoot and decided to set up Phelps' dorm room at the bottom of a swimming pool, inlcluding a desk, his fancy (in 2005) MacBook and even an easy chair.

Published Aug 15, 2016

ANDY GRAY

A senior editor atSI.com, Andy Gray oversees Hot Clicks, Extra Mustard and the Swimsuit site. A Boston sports loyalist and Columbia graduate, he joined SI in 2005.