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Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 (shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. She remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

To answer this question, the user needs to know about the greatest swimmers in history and their achievements.

Option A: Johnny Weissmuller was a famous swimmer, but he is not considered the greatest swimmer of all time. He won five Olympic gold medals and set 67 world records but did not receive the awards mentioned in the question.

Option B: Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals including 23 gold medals. He received the World Swimmer of the Year Award six times and the American Swimmer of the Year Award eight times, which matches the description given in the question.

Option C: Ian Thorpe, also known as the Thorpedo, is a retired Australian swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals and set 22 world records. However, he did not win as many Swimmer of the Year awards as mentioned in the question.

Option D: Mark Spitz is a retired American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He also set multiple world records in his career, but he did not win as many Swimmer of the Year awards as mentioned in the question.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

The Answer is: B. Michael Phelps

Virender Sehwag was India's leading run-scorer in the 2007 ICC World Cup with 299 runs from 4 matches at an average of 99.66, including one century. Sachin Tendulkar scored fewer runs in that tournament.

PV Narasimha Rao won the Nandyal Lok Sabha seat in 1991 with a record-breaking margin of over 5 lakh votes. While he was born in the Warangal district, Nandyal became his historic constituency during his tenure as Prime Minister.

John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer who is credited with inventing the first working live television system. Marconi is known for radio, and Bell for the telephone.

Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon. Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia, Accra is the capital of Ghana, and Dakar is the capital of Senegal.

Major Somnath Sharma was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration. He was awarded posthumously for his bravery in the 1947 Indo-Pakistani War.

Michael Chang won the French Open men's singles title in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 3 months, making him the youngest male champion in French Open history. Boris Becker was a Wimbledon prodigy, while Rafael Nadal holds the record for most French Open titles.

India operates the world's largest postal network with over 154,000 post offices serving both urban and rural areas across the country. This includes approximately 139,000 post offices in rural areas, making it the most widely distributed postal system globally.