Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe is a retired swimmer from Australia. Thorpe won five Olympic championships and eleven World Championships. In 1999, Thorpe was named Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year, Australian Swimmer of the Year and Young Australian of the Year.ICMI.com: Ian Thorpe Biography Thorpe was involved in a controversy about abnormal levels of a banned substance in his system, but was cleared of doping in 2007.BBC.co.uk: Swimmer Thorpe Cleared of Doping (August 31, 2007) After retirement, Ian Thorpe founded Ian Thorpe's Fountain For Youth.IanThorpesFountainForYouth: Fountain For Youth

In 1997, Thorpe was the fastest fourteen year old male professional swimmer.TopEndSports: Ian Thorpe Profile In 1999, at the age of sixteen, Thorpe was awarded a bonus of $25,000 and donated it to a children's charity.TopEndSports: Ian Thorpe Profile

• 400m Freestyle: Gold
• 4x100m Freestyle Relay: Gold
• 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Gold
• 200m Freestyle: Silver
• 4x100m Medley Relay: Silver databaseOlympics.com: Ian Thorpe Olympic Medals

• 200m Freestyle: Gold
• 400m Freestyle: Gold
• 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Silver
• 100m Freestyle: Bronze databaseOlympics.com: Ian Thorpe Olympic Medals

"I swam my own race, my way, but in the last 25 metres it went wrong, although it was great to swim in such a historical race. Ian just told me 'every time we race you're killing me' and I told him that now we were even. Only one man can win - the best one, and that's Ian Thorpe."—Pieter van den Hoogenband, about Thorpe winning the 200 metres freestyle in the Athens Olympics abc.net.au: Athens Olympics 2004

"How can I be disappointed? I swam with the two best freestylers of all time, and I was right in there with them."—Michael Phelps, about competing with Thorpe and van den Hoogenbandabc.net.au: Athens Olympics 2004

• • Mahalo's Guide to the Olympics | Olympic Medals
• databaseOlympics.com: Ian Thorpe Olympic Medals and Stats
• Height: 6'5"
• Weight: 198 Lbs
• Turned Pro: 1998

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