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Ian James Thorpe OAM, Thorpedo, Thorpey
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(now 29 years old)

In a nutshell [edit]

Ian Thorpe is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship.

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  • 1996
    Became the youngest male ever to represent Australia
    2 !
  • 1998
    Victory in the 400 metre freestyle at the Perth World Championships made him the youngest ever individual male World Champion
    3 !
  • 2000
    July 1: accused by both the head coach and captain of Germany's swimming team of using illegal performance-enhancing steroids
    -1 !
  • 2000
    September 1: Won 3 Gold Medals and 2 Silver Medals at the Sydney Olympics
    10 !
  • 2004
    March 1: Overbalanced whilst on the blocks in the heats of the 400 m freestyle and fell into the water, resulting in his disqualification and ending the defense of his Olympic 400 m title
    -5 !
  • 2004
    April 1: Prime Minister of Australia John Howard describes the situation as a "tragedy"
    1 !
  • 2004
    July 1: Craig Stevens, who had claimed the second qualifying position in the 400 m event relinquishes his position to Thorpe in a television interview for which he was paid
    3 !
  • 2004
    September 1: Wins the 400m freestyle in Athens. Also wins gold in the 200m
    8 !
  • 2007
    July 1: French newspaper L'Équipe, claimed that Thorpe showed "abnormal levels" of two banned substances in a doping test
    -4 !
  • 2007
    September 1: Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority cleared Thorpe of any wrong-doing
    4 !
  • 2007
    November 21: announced his retirement from competition
    0 !
  • 2007
    December 1: Bob Bowman, who coaches Michael Phelps, states that Thorpe was "the greatest middle-distance swimmer of all time and he's the greatest relay swimmer I have seen"
    5 !

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