Who is Ian Thorpe

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Ian Thorpe - Australian Swimmer

Arguably the greatest swimmer of all-time is Australia's Ian Thorpe.  Ian was the winner of three gold medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and followed this up with two gold medals in Athens at the Olympics in 2004.  Ian Thorpe was also 11 time World long course Champion in 1998 in Perth (two gold), 2001 in Fukuoka (6 gold) and 2003 in Barcelona (3 gold) and two time World Short Course Champion.

Thorpe broke world records with incredible ease and was the leading swimmer in the world for many years

What Wikipedia says about Ian Thorpe 

Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), nicknamed the Thorpedo or Thorpey, 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.Hunter, pp. 274-275. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the second-highest number of any swimmer. Thorpe was the first person to have been named World Swimmer of the Year four times by Swimming World Magazine,Hunter, p. viii. and was the Australian swimmer of the year fr...

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Ian Thorpe 200m free final Athens 2004

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Ian Thorpe 100m free final Athens 2004

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Ian Thorpe 400m free Athens 2004

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Slow motion - Ian Thorpe

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Men's100M Freestlye SemiFinal -Ian Thorpe -CG Trials 2006

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Ian Thorpe 200M freestyle @ Commonwealth games trials

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