Ian Thorpe - The Rise of an Olympic Legend 🇦🇺🥇

📺 Re-live ALL the incredible #Paris2024 action: ➡️ https://oly.ch/P24Replays Ian Thorpe, nicknamed “The Thorpedo”, is one of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history and a national icon in Australia. Known for his powerful technique, size 17 feet, and calm demeanour, he dominated the pool in the late 1990s and early 2000s — especially at his home Olympics in Sydney 2000. 5× Olympic Gold 3× Olympic Silver 1× Olympic Bronze Total: 9 Olympic medals (the most by any Australian athlete in history) _____________________________________________________ 🇫🇷 #Paris2024 replays: https://oly.ch/P24Replays 🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: https://oly.ch/B22Replays 🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: https://oly.ch/T20Replays 🗞️ News from the Olympic world: https://oly.ch/News