Ian Thorpe
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Thorpe at Doha GOALS Forum 2012
Personal information
Full nameIan James Thorpe
Nickname(s)"Thorpedo", "Thorpey"
National team Australia
Born(1982-10-13)13 October 1982(age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSLC Aquadot
CoachDoug Frost (1995–2002)
Tracey Menzies (2002–2006)
Medal record
Men's swimming
RepresentingAustralia
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games531
World Championships (LC)1111
World Championships (SC)210
Pan Pacific Championships930
Commonwealth Games1010
Total3792
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2004 Athens200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2004 Athens400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens4×200 m free
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place1998 Perth400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1998 Perth4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2001 Fukuoka4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2003 Barcelona200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2003 Barcelona400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2003 Barcelona4×200 m free
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2003 Barcelona100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place1999 Hong Kong200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1999 Hong Kong4×100 m free
Silver medal – second place1999 Hong Kong400 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Sydney200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1999 Sydney400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1999 Sydney4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place1999 Sydney4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2002 Yokohama100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Yokohama200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Yokohama400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Yokohama4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place2002 Yokohama4×200 m free
Silver medal – second place1997 Fukuoka400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1997 Fukuoka4×200 m free
Silver medal – second place2002 Yokohama4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1998 Kla Lumpur200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1998 Kla Lumpur400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1998 Kla Lumpur4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place1998 Kla Lumpur4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2002 Manchester100 m backstroke