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Ian James Thorpe AM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired [1] swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon .
Ian Thorpe OAM: 2001 James Fitzpatrick: 2002 Scott Hocknull: 2003 Lleyton Hewitt AM: 2004 Hugh Evans: 2005 Khoa Do: 2006 Trisha Broadbridge: 2007 Tania Major: 2008 Casey Stoner AM: 2009 Jonty Bush: 2010 Mark Donaldson VC: 2011 Jessica Watson OAM: 2012 Marita Cheng AM: 2013 Akram Azimi [2] 2014 Jacqueline Freney OAM: 2015 Drisana Levitzke-Gray ...
The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan in July 2001.This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m.
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Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer is a 2012 documentary covering the lead up to the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Ian Thorpe undertook a failed attempt to comeback. [1] The documentary is directed by Gregor Jordan and was produced for the ABC by Finch in association with Matchbox Pictures .
Undercover Angels was a 2002 Australian reality show television series produced by the Seven Network which imitated the American Charlie's Angels series. It featured champion swimmer Ian Thorpe, who acted as the mentor to three women (Jackie O, Katie Underwood and Simone Kessell) who performed good deeds for people in need.
[1] The inaugural inductees were Freddy Lane, Fanny Durack, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe. [2] Gould's honour coincided with the 50th anniversary of her first gold medal at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.