With the exception of his athletic ability, Ian is best known for his size 17 feet. Won three gold and two silver medals at the Sydney Olympic Games. Ian won the Swimmer of the Year and has done so consecutively for the last 3 years being the only person to do so. On the morning of September 11th, he was on his way to the observation deck at the World Trade Center when he realized he forgot his camera. He went back to get it, and when he turned on the television in his room he saw the North Tower ablaze.
He enjoys watching Friends At the age of 15, he became the youngest gold medalist in World Championships history when winning the m freestyle race Won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens, which made him the most successful Australian swimmer at Olympic Games ever. On November 21st announced that he is retiring from Professional Swimming.
Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives, but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's? Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it. I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next. The highly-decorated Olympian won 2 gold medals.
Ian Thorpe was born on October 13, , in Sydney Australia. His father Ken was a cricket player while his mother Margaret was a school teacher. His family were active in sports , and Thorpe wanted to swim like his older sister Christina. However, his allergy to chlorine delayed the start of his training.
Ian Thorpe eventually outgrew his chlorine allergy. One way he did this was by swimming with his head out of the water, which is part of how he won a school carnival swimming race at the age of 7. By 11 he was swimming without issue. By 14, he was the youngest member of the Australian Men's swim team. Despite missing some training due to an appendix operation , he still competed in the Pan Pacific Championships. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better.
For myself, I have won every race I've been in. I've become comfortable with that. And I don't want people to feel the same way I did. You can grow up, you can be comfortable and you can be gay.
I am telling the world that I am gay… and I hope this makes it easier for others now, and even if you've held it in for years, it feels easier to get it out. Thorpe's hobby off the pool is cooking. In , he published a cookbook titled "Ian Thorpe: Cook for Your Life" where he shared the recipes that keep him trim and healthy, as well as his philosophy on diet gathered from experts on nutrition and diet over all of his years of elite sporting success.
A fashion lover, Ian Thrope names New York City, a global fashion capital, as his favorite city and calls it "a second home. Physical Characteristics: Ian Thorpe was quite big as a baby, weighing 4. He reached 1. He was subsequently dubbed Thorpedo aided by his height and unusually large feet, which often were compared by some with flippers.
In childhood, Thorpe had an allergy to chlorine. Later in his life, he also had an appendix surgery, broke hand and injured shoulder. In , Thorpe was diagnosed with depression. He took a rehabilitation course.
The athlete later affirmed that he had suicidal thoughts. Quotes from others about the person. Ian Thorpe went public with his homosexual orientation in summer of , while being interviewed by a British talk show host Michael Parkinson.
From to , he had on-again and off-again romantic relationships with a model Ryan Channing. Later, Thorpe started dating Nick Hudson, who has served as an associate director of infrastructure and projects at one of the big four accounting firms. Thorpe maintained good relations with his ex-boyfriend. He left the sport because of the father's discontent with his athletic hobby. Tracey Menzies was Ian Thorpe's swimming coach from till the latter's retirement from competitive sport.
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Unbeknownst to Thorpe, his performance in Sydney greatly impressed upon another up-and-coming youngster: Michael Phelps. In , Thorpe returned to Japan for World Championships. He added the meter freestyle to his event list, thus competing in a total of seven events the freestyle events, excluding the , and all three relays. He faced up against van den Hoogenband, and took back his free crown with a burst of energy after the last turn. Though Thorpe did not medal in the sprint free, he won his other six events, breaking four world records in the process.
He has been quoted as saying the experience motivated him to continue swimming — which, in the month after the Olympics, he had neglected. He continued to churn out medal-winning performances at both the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs in Following these arguments, Thorpe changed his workout routines, causing him to gain muscle weight in the upper body — not an effective strategy for elite competition.
This drew serious criticism, and Thorpe entered into a year of constant disparagement regarding his pre-Athens training. At Worlds in Barcelona, he came away with three gold medals, a silver, and a bronze, though he still lacked record breaking times.
Meanwhile, American Michael Phelps had begun to make his own name, capturing several records in Barcelona. While Thorpe may have made the statement to protect his reputation, Phelps nonetheless took it to heart. In comparison, the mighty Thorpedo seemed to have fallen from his pedestal. During Olympic Trials in , he fell even further when he toppled off the blocks before the meter freestyle, and was disqualified. In a touchy debate, it was ruled that an exception would be made for the champion, and the would-be second place qualifier, Craig Stevens, relinquished his spot on the team for Thorpe.
The debate continued, fueled by the question of whether or not Stevens had been paid. Thorpe went on to qualify in both the and freestyle, meaning he would race the Dutchman again. Upon arrival in Athens, Thorpe was welcomed with heavy media attention surrounding the meter free, dubbed The Race of the Century.
Along with van den Hoogenband, Michael Phelps would be competing in the event. In the meter, Thorpe raced against his countryman and rival, Grant Hackett, out-touching him by less than a second.
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