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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Ian James Thorpe |
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| National team |  Australia |
| Born | 13 October 1982 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | SLC Aquadot |
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Medal record | |
Ian James Thorpe AM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired[1] swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along with fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in his hometown of Sydney.
At the age of 14, Thorpe became the youngest male ever to represent Australia,[2] and his victory in the 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 Perth World Championships made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion.[3] After that victory, Thorpe dominated the 400 m freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships until his break after the 2004 Olympics in Athens.[4] At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship.[5] Aside from 13 individual long-course world records, Thorpe anchored the Australian relay teams, numbering the victories in the 4 × 100 m and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relays in Sydney among his five relay world records. His wins in the 200 m and 400 m and his bronze in the 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics made him the only male to have won medals in the 100–200–400 combination.[4] He acquired the nickname "Thorpedo" because of his speed in swimming. Thorpe announced his retirement from competitive swimming in November 2006, citing waning motivation;[6] he made a brief comeback in 2011 and 2012.
In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship gold medals; this is the fifth-highest number of gold medals won by any male swimmer.[7] Thorpe was the first person to have been named Swimming World Swimmer of the Year four times,[8][9] and was the Australian Swimmer of the Year from 1999 to 2003. His athletic achievements made him one of Australia's most popular athletes, and he was recognised as the Young Australian of the Year in 2000.[10]
- ^ "I'll never swim again, says Ian Thorpe". The Australian. 19 March 2016.
- ^ Hunter, p. 75.
- ^ Andrews, pp. 434–436, 487.
- ^ a b "Ian Thorpe – Career at a glance". ABC News. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
- ^ Hunter, pp. 274–275.
- ^ "Thorpe announces retirement". ABC News. 24 November 2006. Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Ian Thorpe". Grand Slam International. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ^ Hunter, p. viii.
- ^ "Swimming World's – World Swimmers of the Year". Swimming World. Archived from the original on 18 November 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Young Australian of the Year 2000". National Australia Day Council. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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