Nicole Johnson is Michael Phelps' Girlfriend

Michael Phelps tells of miracle 7th gold medal win - brings girlfriend home for Thanksgiving. People Magazine says the Olympic champion has been dating a Las Vegas cocktail waitress named Caroline “Caz” Pal, 26, for about two months.

Caroline Pal is Michael Phelps' girlfriend. She is a 26-year-old Las Vegas cocktail waitress in the Moon Nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort. She graduated from Cal State-Northridge. The couple met after the Olympic gold medalist's record success at the Beijing Olympics this summer and have been together for two months.

Michael Phelps has previously been linked to fellow high-profile celebrities, including an Australian swimmer (Stephanie Rice), country singer (Carrie Underwood), and beauty pageant winner (Nicole Johnson). It turns out that these were just rumors. Instead, Caroline Pal is in Baltimore celebrating Thanksgiving with the Phelps family.

After tackling and mastering swimming, Michael Phelps has apparently turned his attentions to professional poker and is working to enter the World Series of Poker in 2009. His choice of girlfriend certainly matches his new interests.

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