Ian James Thorpe (usually known as Ian Thorpe) represented Australia in several swimming events at the Olympic Games held in Sydney in 2000.
He won gold medals for the
400 m freestyle
4 x 100 m freestyle relay
4 x 200 m freestyle relay.
All of these events were won in new world record times.
He also won two silver medals:
200 m freestyle
4 x 100 m medley relay, in which he swam the freestyle leg.
To cap it all off, the Australian Olympic Committee selected him to carry the flag at the closing ceremony of the Games.
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe broke the world record in the 400m freestyle at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, winning the gold medal in a time of 3:40.59.
Ian Thorpe is famous for swimming, Olympics.
Ian Thorpe. He only won 3 of of his goal of 5.
Yes=Ian Thorpe was born in Sydney and grew up in a suburb called Milperra. He attended East Hills Boys Technology High School.=
0 ... Ian Thorpe did not compete at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
He lives in Caringbah southern suburb in Sydney
Ian Thorpe was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thorpe#cite_note-8
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Ian Thorpe.
In the 2000 and 2004 summer Olympics