Ian Thorpe
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Surname: | Ian James Thorpe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname (s): | Thorpedo; Thorpey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nation: | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Society: | Sopac Swim Club, Nsw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birthday: | October 13, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size: | 1.95 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 104 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian James Thorpe (born October 13, 1982 in Sydney ) is a former swimming athlete and the most successful Australian athlete to date . Since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he has been at the forefront of international swimming. In addition to winning five gold medals at the Olympic Games, he set 13 world records . On November 21, 2006 Thorpe resigned from professional swimming. He announced his comeback on February 2, 2011 at a press conference with the intended participation in the 2012 Olympic Games . However, he failed in the national qualification.
Career
Ian was born in 1982 as the second child to parents Ken and Margaret Thorpe. At the age of eight, he discovered his passion for swimming through his sister Christina, who was three years older than him. Due to a chlorine allergy, which prevented Thorpe from keeping his head under water like the other children, he was forced to swim with his head over water from a young age. At the age of twelve, he changed both coach and pool. The training conditions changed fundamentally: Since then, he has trained twice a day, six days a week.
At the age of 13 he was the most successful participant of his year at the National Junior Championships and won all disciplines up to the 200 m distance. In the following years Thorpe broke all national and state records and won ten gold medals at the New South Wales Short Course Championships.
1997 Ian Thorpe was selected for the Pan Pacific Championships in Fukuoka and became an active member of the Australian national team. In 1999, at the Pan Pacific Championships, he accepted a $ 25,000 check for the first world record swum in the pool pool.
At the age of 15 he was already two-time world champion. The most important event for him was still to come at this point. It was the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , his hometown.
Ian Thorpe had already won the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships , but he was still missing an Olympic title. Despite the enormous pressure to succeed, he opened the games on the first day with a victory for the Australians over 400 m freestyle and a new world record in the time of 3: 40.59 minutes. He also helped Australia win the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay against the USA. He finished the Games with three gold and two silver medals. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was given the honor of carrying the Australian national flag at the closing ceremony.
After Sydney, further successes followed at the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka and 2003 in Barcelona . Including nine world championship titles.
In the run-up to the 2004 Olympic Games , there was a disaster for Thorpe. When he produced an unfortunate false start at the Australian Trials on March 27, 2004 at the start of the 400 m freestyle, there seemed to be no more possibility for him to start at the Olympic Games in Athens and defend his title. A false start means immediate disqualification, and the international regulations do not allow any further attempts for false starters. The national trials are mandatory for all Australian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games. His Australian swimming colleague Craig Stevens decided not to start the 400 m freestyle in Athens in favor of his friend. Thorpe used this chance, he became Olympic champion and was even able to win the “ race of the century ” over 200 m freestyle against Pieter van den Hoogenband and Michael Phelps .
After the successful Athens games for him, Thorpe took a break. His subsequent comeback was marked by problems (illnesses, injuries and motivational difficulties). On November 21, 2006, Ian Thorpe announced the end of his active swimming career in Sydney at the age of 24. The main reason for the decision was that he could not take part in the trials for the next swimming world championships due to an injury. In the run-up, however, Australian media reported on Thorpes alleged overweight and lack of training. Thorpe admitted that swimming wasn't his top priority lately.
Thorpe was four times World Swimmer of the Year and six times Pacific Swimmer of the Year in his career . He is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . Thorpe has been studying at Macquarie University since September 2008 .
A comeback attempt for the Olympic Games in 2012 failed. That year he also made it public that he was suffering from depression . In July 2014, Thorpe came out as gay .
Suspected doping
At the end of March 2007, the former superstar came under serious suspicion of doping. According to a report in the French sports daily L'Équipe , he was found to have elevated levels of testosterone and growth hormones in a training test in May 2006 . Thorpe denied all allegations. The world association FINA called the CAS International Court of Justice in Lausanne to pursue the case. On August 31, 2007 Thorpe was acquitted of any suspicion of doping by the Australian anti-doping agency ASADA.
Records
On July 26th, 2009 Paul Biedermann took Ian Thorpe from his last still valid world record with the world record over 400 meters freestyle.
Personal bests
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100 m freestyle | 48.56 s | August 18, 2004 | Athens |
200 m freestyle | 1: 44.06 min * | July 25, 2001 | Fukuoka |
400 m freestyle | 3: 40.08 min * | July 30, 2002 | Manchester |
800 m freestyle | 7: 39.16 min * | July 24, 2001 | Fukuoka |
100 m back | 55.38 s | July 30, 2002 | Manchester |
100 m butterfly | 55.66 s | June 12, 2001 | Monte Carlo |
200 m butterfly | 2: 00.28 min | September 11, 1998 | Kuala Lumpur |
200 m layers | 1: 59.66 min | July 25, 2003 | Barcelona |
400 m layers | 4: 26.42 min | August 10, 1997 | Fukuoka |
Short course | |||
50 m freestyle | 22.24 s | December 6, 2002 | Melbourne |
100 m freestyle | 47.82 s | January 25, 2003 | Berlin |
200 m freestyle | 1: 41.10 min * | February 6, 2000 | Berlin |
400 m freestyle | 3: 34.63 min | January 21, 2003 | Stockholm |
50 m back | 24.80 s | July 18, 2002 | Sydney |
200 m layers | 1: 56.00 min | January 22, 2003 | Stockholm |
* Official world record at the time of creation
Web links
- Ian Thorpe in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Ian Thorpe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official site (English)
- Thorpe denies doping offense
- Profile at swimpassion.net ( Memento from December 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Spiegel Online : Spectacular comeback: Swimming star Thorpe sets course for the Olympics , February 2, 2011
- ↑ sid / jr: Swimming: Ian Thorpe's Olympic dream finally burst. In: welt.de . March 18, 2012, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ^ Ian Thorpe now a student at Macquarie University
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Australia's record swimmer Ian Thorpe comes out
- ↑ FAZ.net: Australia clears Thorpe from suspected doping
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SURNAME | Thorpe, Ian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thorpe, Ian James (full name); Thorpedo (nickname); Thorpey (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |