Michael Phelps - First retirement
Time: Aug, 2012
Place: U.S.
Details: After the 2012 Olympics, Phelps retired from swimming, stating: "I'm done. I'm finished. I'm retired. I'm done. No more," and that "I just wanted to be done with swimming and didn't want anything to do with the sport anymore."
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