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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 second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most ...
3 days ago · Tracey Menzies-Stegbauer recalls what she told Ian Thorpe before he took out gold in the men's 400m freestyle at Athens, two days before he beat Pieter van den Hoogenband, then America's Michael Phelps and fellow Australian Grant Hackett in the 'Race of the Century'.
5 days ago · Emma McKeon has surpassed Ian Thorpe's record by winning her sixth gold medal at the Olympics - becoming Australia's most decorated athlete all by herself. McKeon came into the Paris Games with ...
Ian Thorpe entered the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney bearing the weight of tremendous expectations as a locally born swimming world champion in a nation that loves swimming heroes. And he was only 17 years old. On the very first day of competition, Thorpe showed that he could handle the pressure. Racing in the 400m freestyle, he won the gold ...
3 days ago · Swimming legend Ian Thorpe called it “the best relay I’ve ever seen from Kyle Chalmers”. He started his leg with a struggling Australian side but ended his 100m split in 46.59 seconds ...
US swimmer Michael Phelps (right) celebrates alongside Ian Thorpe during the medal ceremony for the men’s swimming 4x200m freestyle relay event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Getty Images ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Ian Thorpe (born October 13, 1982, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian athlete, who was the most successful swimmer in that country’s history, accumulating five Olympic gold medals and 11 world championship titles between 1998 and 2004. Thorpe began swimming competitively at age eight, and, although he had been uncoordinated ...
Sep 30, 2020 · The five-time Olympic champion looks back at Sydney 2000, his path to coming out as gay, the secret to swimming faster, why he respects Caeleb Dressel, and plenty more. 15 min By Ash Tulloch 30 September 2020 11:59 GMT-7. Swimming. Australia's Ian Thorpe is quite simply a swimming legend. After becoming a world champion at the age of 15, he won ...
Jul 22, 2024 · Tom Decent. Pieter van den Hoogenband and Ian Thorpe after the 2004 200m freestyle final in Athens. Iain Gillepsie/Aresna Villanueva. About 20 minutes before the “Race of the Century”, as the ...
5 days ago · Australia won, at which point Ian Thorpe and his teammates stood on the pool deck strumming away at their air guitars. Australia’s Michael Klim plays lead guitar while Ian Thorpe, right, looks ...
