Thorpe,+Ian

 || Ian Thorpe was born on the 13th of October 1998 at 10:52 am in Milperra, Sydney, Australia, 1982. Margaret is Ian's mum, Ken is his dad and his sister is Christina. Ian's first swimming race was when he was 15 and he won!!! He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds witch is the second-highest number of any swimmer. || [] || [] || [] || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. ||  Ian's family were an enormous influence in his career and his life. Ian also has many sporting heroes. They are: Kieran Perkins, Americian Mark Spitz and Alex Popov- they were all swimmers, Michael Jordon is a basketballer and Carl Lewis was a runner. || [] || [] || [] || [] ||  || Ian Thorpe has achieved lost of fantactic stuff. He has even got his personal best time when he goes swimming that is in the 200m: 1:45.51 minutes and in the 400m: 3:41.33 minutes. One of Ian's major achievements was when he received 4 gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. He won them in these events: 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 2x200m freestyle relay, 4x100m freestyle relay. Another one of Ian’s major achievements was when he broke the world record once every day for 2 days, in the Pacific Championships, 1999. Ian won 5 medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games and he won 4 medaals at the Athens 2004 Olympic games. Ian has also won 11 World Championships gold medals. || [] || [] || Well known persons working at the same time. ||  Ian knows many people during his life like: Kieran Perkins, Mark Spitz, Alex Popov, Michael Jordon and Carl Lewis. || [] || [] || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || When Ian was a kid he was allergic to cholorine but now he has grown out of that. I think that is significant because he is one of the world chapion swimmers and you swim in a pool with cholorine. He is also a significant person because he has donated $25,000 to children's cancer research and a youth crisis program. || []# || [] || Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. || Ian Thorpe is still alive and kicking. Ian is working for the Fountian for youth. The Fountain for youth is a sponcer for children and families in need of help. They givemoney to help them. || [] || [] [] [] [] ||
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