Michael Phelps takes the plunge with secret wedding: report

Michael Phelps took the plunge in June, secretly marrying his longtime girlfriend two months before the Olympic great completed his last gold-medal haul.

Swimming star reportedly married longtime girlfriend 2 months before Rio Games

Michael Phelps celebrates winning his gold medal in the men's 200-metre butterfly with fiance Nicole Johnson and baby Boomer during competitions at the Rio Games. The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday that the couple secretly married on June 13. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

Michael Phelps took the plunge in June, secretly marrying his longtime girlfriend two months before the Olympic great completed his last gold-medal haul.

The Arizona Republic reports the 31-year-old swimmer wedded Nicole Johnson on June 13. That's a little more than a month after the former Miss California USA gave birth to their son, Boomer.

The newspaper has posted a copy of a marriage license that shows Phelps and Johnson were married in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Neither Phelps nor Johnson said anything about the wedding.

Johnson posted a picture of her with Phelps and Boomer on Instagram on the day of the ceremony with the caption, "Such a memorable night with my lil fambam."


Phelps won five gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Games, his last coming Aug. 13 to increase his overall total to 23.