--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Michael Phelps Son Sleeps Video description: While Michael Phelps made Olympic history on Sunday night, one fan was not impressed with his 19th gold medal — his son Boomer. canonical: https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-08T16:03:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:12.855Z og:title: Michael Phelps' Son Slept While He Made Olympic History og:description: Boomer Phelps is not impressed og:url: https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef186749e5a1beb/6988a18df887dc95b7e96fee/michael-phelps-son-boomer-sleeps-olympics-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Swimming - Olympics: Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Phelps' Son Slept While He Made Olympic History twitter:description: Boomer Phelps is not impressed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef186749e5a1beb/6988a18df887dc95b7e96fee/michael-phelps-son-boomer-sleeps-olympics-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michael Phelps' Baby Is Not Impressed By His 19th Olympic Gold Medal  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 8, 2016 4:03 PM UTC  Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal is the 19th of Phelps career. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal is the 19th of Phelps career. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)Clive Rose—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 8, 2016 4:03 PM UTC While [Michael Phelps](http://time.com/4436506/michael-phelps-usa-flag-bearer-rio-olympics/) earned his [19th Olympic gold medal (and 23rd overall Olympic award)](http://time.com/4442634/ledecky-gold-world-record-rio-2016-olympics/) in Rio on Sunday night for the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, there was one fan who was less than impressed with this record feat: [his son Boomer](http://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/). As Phelps, [the world’s most decorated Olympic athlete](http://time.com/4388909/michael-phelps-qualifies-swimming-rio-olympics-record/), received his gold medal, he looked into the stands and saw his three-month-old son sound asleep in the arms of his fiancee Nicole Johnson. The infant later woke up, but still seemed nonplussed by the fanfare and festivities of the Olympics (keep in mind, this is a [baby who has an Instagram account with over 100k followers](http://time.com/4390479/michael-phelps-baby-instagram-olympics/).) Someone get Boomer Phelps an Olympic gold medal for being the most level-headed baby of them all. Watch above. > [](https://twitter.com/iwakages/status/762434276176465920) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/"},"headline":"Michael Phelps' Baby Is Not Impressed By His 19th Olympic Gold Medal","datePublished":"2016-08-08T16:03:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:12.855Z","description":"Nonplussed by Olympic fanfare","url":"https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/","keywords":["Newsfeed","entertainment","Michael Phelps","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics","Rio 2016 Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef186749e5a1beb/6988a18df887dc95b7e96fee/michael-phelps-son-boomer-sleeps-olympics-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef186749e5a1beb/6988a18df887dc95b7e96fee/michael-phelps-son-boomer-sleeps-olympics-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Swimming - Olympics: Day 2","caption":"Swimming - Olympics: Day 2","creditText":"Clive Rose—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4443261/rio-2016-olympics-michael-phelps-son/","name":"Michael Phelps' Baby Is Not Impressed By His 19th Olympic Gold Medal"}}]}] ```