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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.

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