Ian Thorpe (born October 13, 1982 in Sydney) is a retired Australian swimmer who won five gold medals at the Olympics, a record for an Australian athlete, and was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Olympic Games, picking up three gold medals and two silver medals.
It was the American swimmer Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich olympic games with 7 gold medals.
The most medals won at an Olympic Games by an Australian athlete is 5 and was done by swimmer Ian Thorpe at the 2000 Games in Sydney (3 gold, 2 silver) and swimmer Shane Gould at the 1972 Games in Munich (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Swimmer Matt Biondi won 11 Olympic medals (8 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
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Ian Thorpe won both gold medals.
No, Stephanie Rice is not Jewish. She is an Australian former competitive swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals.
Michael Phelps, swimmer, won the most gold medals in Olympic history.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has won 5 Olympic gold medals (also 3 silver and 1 bronze), 11 World Championship gold medals, 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals, and 9 Pan Pacific Games gold medals. nothing
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Stephanie Rice is an Australian swimmer who was born the 17th of June of 1988. She is an Olympic medalist, she won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008.
No, he is tied for the 2nd most Olympic gold medals won (4) with Dawn Fraser. Ian Thorpe has won the most gold medals (5) in swimming for Australia.