There’s Michael Phelps fandom in the form of creating his image using 1500 Rubik’s cubes and then there’s a whole other level of Phelps fever.
Take Janio Marinho‘s leg, for example, where the avid swimmer has selected the iconic image of Phelps clinching a gold medal in his teeth as his newest tattoo. Paying tribute to the most decorated Olympian of all-time, Marinho’s tattoo covers his entire thigh, as you can see in the IG post below. The work appears to be attributed to @cirotattooarts.
SwimSwam has reached out to Marinho for comment on his tattoo and how it thinks it turned out.
Marinho isn’t alone in his Phelps tattoo. Phelps fan Ricky Fung imprinted his body with the famous ‘Phelps Face’, the oft-memed, cold-as-ice stare the 23-time Olympic gold medalist donned in the ready room pre-race during the 2016 Olympic Games.
At the time, Fung said of his new Phelps tattoo, “I wasn’t even a big Phelps fan before this, and I’m not really a swim fan. But just seeing him go out and win the way he has has been inspiring to me.”
“I was out last night and a bunch of people were coming up to me, asking why I got it,” Fung said, “and I had to explain to them that looking at that is a good reminder every day to go out with focus and dominate like he did.”
This poor guy! Ok but if you’re going to get MP tattooed on your body, WHY would you choose THAT pic??
And the tattoo will look like an ink blot when the receiver is 65. 🤦♂️
Going all in is not getting a tattoo on one’s leg…going all in is getting a tattoo higher and center…ouch!!!!
To each their own. I hope he also owns jammers.
I’ve seen hundreds, maybe thounds of michael phelps pics and videos and i would never ever get the idea that that should be him, if i saw that in public. Lol
The decision to permanently put a huge Michael Phelps face on your thigh is the more embarrassing factor here, not the quality of the artistry. It’s probably better if people can’t recognize it.
Hence why only 300 of his 2000 followers liked the post
i think he was just drunk
The guy or the tatoo artist? lol
ya’ll act like you got it tattooed on you relax. I think its hilarious