Ian Thorpe
Awards And Accomplishments
| At age 15, was the youngest male swimmer ever to win a world championship. | ||
| Thorpe has won eight gold medals, more than any athlete in the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur. | ||
| 1997 | Silver medal (400-meter freestyle) at the Pan Pacific Games | |
| 1998 | Two gold medals at the World Championships; won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur | |
| 1999, 2001-02 | Named Australian Swimmer of the Year; named World | |
| 2000 | Three Olympics gold medals, and two silver; listed among People's "Sexiest Men Alive: Awesome Aussies" | |
| 2001 | Six gold medals at the World Championships; set three individual world records in the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 800-meter freestyles | |
| 2002 | Received the American International Athlete Trophy; set a new world record in the 400-meter freestyle; won six gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester; won five gold medals at the Pan Pacific Games in Yokohama, Japan | |
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