Editing Ian Thorpe (section)

{{short description|Australian swimmer (born 1982)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Ian Thorpe<br />{{postnominals|country=AUS|AM}}
| image          = Ian Thorpe 2012.jpg
| caption        = Thorpe at [[Doha GOALS]] Forum 2012
| alt            = Young man with short blonde-brown hair wearing a dark open necked shirt and zip-up jacket, not cleanly shaven, smiling broadly. The background is labelled with the word 'Brasserie'.
| fullname       = Ian James Thorpe
| nicknames      = {{hlist|"Thorpedo"|"Thorpey"}}
| national_team  = {{Flagu|Australia}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = SLC Aquadot
| coach          = {{ubl|[[Doug Frost (swimming coach)|Doug Frost]] (1995–2002)|[[Tracey Menzies]] (2002–2006)}}
| collegeteam    =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|13}}
| birth_place    = Sydney, Australia
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = {{convert|1.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|104|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCount
|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|5|3|1
|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]|11|1|1
|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25&nbsp;m)|World Championships (SC)]]|2|1|0
|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]|9|3|0
|[[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]|10|1|0
|'''Total'''|'''37'''|'''9'''|'''2'''
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | {{GamesName|SOG|2000|Swimming}} | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | {{GamesName|SOG|2000|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | {{GamesName|SOG|2000|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | {{GamesName|SOG|2004|Swimming}} | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | {{GamesName|SOG|2004|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | {{GamesName|SOG|2000|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | {{GamesName|SOG|2000|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | {{GamesName|SOG|2004|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalBronze | {{GamesName|SOG|2004|nolink=1}} | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Perth | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Fukuoka | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 2003 Barcelona | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Swimming Championships (25&nbsp;m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25&nbsp;m)|1999 Hong Kong]] | 200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Hong Kong | 4×100 m free}}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 Hong Kong | 400&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]] | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2002 Yokohama]] | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m free]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m free]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Yokohama | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | 200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 400&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4×100 m free}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4×200 m free}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | 100&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | 200&nbsp;m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | 4×100 m free}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | 4×200 m free}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | 100&nbsp;m backstroke}}
}}

'''Ian James Thorpe''' {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AM}} (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/ill-never-swim-again-says-ian-thorpe/news-story/482b45ca1ffbaa8c82ae3059312064c0|title=I'll never swim again, says Ian Thorpe|work=The Australian|date=19 March 2016}}</ref> swimmer who specialised in [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]], but also competed in [[backstroke]] and the [[medley swimming|individual medley]]. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer [[Emma McKeon]]. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], held in his hometown of [[Sydney]].

At the age of 14, Thorpe became the youngest male ever to represent Australia,<ref name="Hunter">Hunter, p. 75.</ref> and his victory in the [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400&nbsp;metre freestyle]] at the [[1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth World Championships]] made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion.<ref name="andrews">Andrews, pp. 434–436, 487.</ref> After that victory, Thorpe dominated the 400&nbsp;m freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] and [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]] until his break after the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]] in Athens.<ref name="abc career">{{cite news|title=Ian Thorpe – Career at a glance|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200611/s1793724.htm?swimming|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=21 November 2006|access-date=22 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920060154/http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200611/s1793724.htm?swimming|archive-date=20 September 2008 }}</ref> At the [[2001 World Aquatics Championships]], he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship.<ref name="Hunter, pp. 274–275">Hunter, pp. 274–275.</ref> Aside from 13 individual long-course world records, Thorpe anchored the Australian relay teams, numbering the victories in the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;100&nbsp;m]] and the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;200&nbsp;m freestyle relays]] in Sydney among his five relay world records. His wins in the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200&nbsp;m]] and [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400&nbsp;m]] and his bronze in the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100&nbsp;m freestyle]] at the 2004 Summer Olympics made him the only male to have won medals in the 100–200–400 combination.<ref name="abc career" /> He acquired the nickname "Thorpedo" because of his speed in swimming. Thorpe announced his retirement from competitive swimming in November 2006, citing waning motivation;<ref name="abc retire">{{cite news|title=Thorpe announces retirement|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200611/s1793622.htm|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=24 November 2006|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316173855/http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200611/s1793622.htm|archive-date=16 March 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> he made a brief comeback in 2011 and 2012.

In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship gold medals; this is the [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)#Multiple medalists|fifth-highest number]] of gold medals won by any male swimmer.<ref name="gsiprofile">{{cite web|title=Ian Thorpe|url=http://www.grandslamint.com/PlayerProfile/PlayerProfile.aspx?p=3&id=7|publisher=Grand Slam International|access-date=14 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819171428/http://www.grandslamint.com/PlayerProfile/PlayerProfile.aspx?p=3&id=7|archive-date=19 August 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Thorpe was the first person to have been named [[List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year|''Swimming World'' Swimmer of the Year]] four times,<ref name="hunterviii">Hunter, p. viii.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming World's – World Swimmers of the Year|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/SwimmersOfTheYear.asp|work=[[Swimming World]]|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118171304/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/SwimmersOfTheYear.asp|archive-date=18 November 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the [[Swimming Australia#Australian Swimmers of the Year|Australian Swimmer of the Year]] from 1999 to 2003. His athletic achievements made him one of Australia's most popular athletes, and he was recognised as the [[List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients|Young Australian of the Year]] in 2000.<ref name="YAOTY">{{cite web|title=Young Australian of the Year 2000|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/ian-thorpe/143/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806012645/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/ian-thorpe/143/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2020|publisher=[[National Australia Day Council]]|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>