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Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe
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'.
Thorpe at Doha GOALS Forum 2012
Personal information
Full name Ian James Thorpe
Nickname(s) "Thorpedo", "Thorpey"
National team  Australia
Born (1982-10-13) 13 October 1982 (age 34)
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club SLC Aquadot
Coach Doug Frost (1995–2002)
Tracey Menzies (2002–2006)
1997 Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 400 m freestyle 3:49.64
Silver medal – second place 4×200 m freestyle 7:15.72
1998 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 400 m freestyle 3:46.29
Gold medal – first place ...
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