Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps gets married


Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson arrive at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. - Reuters

(Reuters) - Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps, unbeknownst to the world, competed at the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil as a married man, having quietly wed his fiancée, former Miss California Nicole Johnson, weeks earlier, court records made public on Thursday showed.

Phelps and Johnson, both 31, tied the knot in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on June 13, but have not publicly announced the nuptials, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported, citing a marriage document the paper published on its website.

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