What is Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling doing now? Everything about the swimmer who stunned Michael Phelps at the Rio Olympics

Joseph Schooling is one of the most popular names in Singapore. Post-retirement, Schooling has teamed up with investment banker Cliff Go and serial entrepreneur Ben Ling to become a founding partner of Swaen Schooling Capital as he aims to achieve success in venture capital investing. He is also the founder of Swim Schooling which gives swimming lessons to kids in Singapore.

Schooling continues to remain the brand ambassador of German-based fashion company, Hugo Boss. He rose to prominence after producing a huge upset over the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, in the men's 100m butterfly event at the 2016 Rio Olympics to clinch the gold medal.

With this feat, he scripted history for his country Singapore, becoming their first-ever gold medalist in the history of the Summer Games. Before this, Singapore had clinched two silver and two bronze medals in Olympic history.

Thus, Schooling's achievement added a boost to their overall medal tally. However, the Singaporean athlete has now announced his retirement from Swimming and will not be representing the nation at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Schooling posted about his retirement from the competitive sport on his Instagram account with multiple photos from his childhood and swimming days on April 2, 2024.

Schooling’s swimming career saw him collect two bronze medals at the World Aquatics Championships in the 2017 and 2015 editions in the 100m butterfly event. Besides this, he also earned seven medals throughout his participation in the Asian Games, which includes three gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.

Apart from this, the 28-year-old amassed 29 gold, three silver, and two bronze medals at the Southeast Asian Games. In addition, he is a 12-time NCAA champion.

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A look into Joseph Schooling’s performance at the Olympic Games

Joseph Schooling celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's 100m Butterfly Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Joseph Schooling made his Olympic debut in London in 2012. Schooling made headlines after winning the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Swimming a sensational Olympic record and Asian record performance of 50.39s, he finished ahead of Michael Phelps, who clocked 51.14s in the last individual race of his career.

The race was also memorable because Chad le Clos and László Cseh finished at the same time as Phelps, as all three were awarded the silver medal.

Joseph Schooling’s last Olympic appearance was in Tokyo where he was unable to defend his 100m butterfly title, finishing 44th overall.