How old is swimmer Ian Thorpe?

Answer 1

He just turned 24:

Ian James Thorpe OAM (born October 13, 1982), also known as the Thorpedo/Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who, after winning the 200 and 400 metre freestyle races at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, became known as one of the greatest middle-distance swimmers of all time. He has won five Olympic Games gold medals, more than any other Australian. At the age of 15, his victory in the 1998 World Aquatics Championships made him the youngest ever individual male World Champion. He is the only person to have won six gold medals in one World Championships at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and has in total won eleven such golds, the most ever. He is the only person to have been named World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine four times, and was the youngest male to ever achieve the honour. He was the Australian swimmer of the year from 1999 to 2003, and also a winner of the Young Australian of the Year.

Since 1998 Thorpe has completely dominated the 400 metre freestyle event, winning the event at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, the 2001 and 2003 Fukuoka and Barcelona World Championships (he won a total of six gold medals at the former), at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, the Pan Pacific Championships in 1999 and 2002 and again in Athens. His dominance has broadened to include the 200 and 400 metre freestyle (at which he holds the world record), and he is one of the fastest 100 metre freestylers in the world. His bronze medal in Athens in the 100m event, made him the first to medal in the 100-200-400 combination in more than a century.

Thorpe has also pushed Australian relay teams to unprecedented success, anchoring the winning 4x100 and leading off the 4x200 freestyle relay teams in Sydney, the first time the United States had ever been beaten in the former event. In total, he has broken world records (either individually or as part of a relay team) 22 times.

Medals:

Gold 2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle
Gold 2000 Sydney 4x100 m freestyle relay
Gold 2000 Sydney 4x200 m freestyle relay
Gold 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle
Gold 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle
Silver 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle
Silver 2000 Sydney 4x100 m medley relay
Silver 2004 Athens 4x200 m freestyle relay
Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle

Away from the pool, Thorpe in many ways defies the stereotype of Australian sportspeople. He is quiet, mild-mannered, thoughtful, articulate, but extremely guarded in his statements, and he reportedly makes considerable efforts to insulate himself from the media when preparing for and during important events. Instead, his other enthusiasm appears to be fashion, as an ambassador for Armani clothing and his own range of designer jewellery, as well as his own range of underwear. He was a presenter at the 2005 TV Week Logies, and one of the backers of new A-league team Sydney FC.

Answer 2

Australian Ian James Thorpe, nicknamed "Thorpedo"or sometimes called “Flipper”, an Olympic Gold Medal swimmer and one of the world's best-ever middle-distance swimmers was born on October 13, 1982 at 10:52 (10:52 AM) AEST. Therefore he is 24 years + 18 days as of today at this hour of AEST.

ON IAN THORPE.....
>Ian has broken 22 world records.
>Australia's greatest ever Olympian.
>has won 11 World Championship titles
> currently the world record holder for the 200m and 400m freestyle events
>member of the world record team for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay .
>broke the Commonwealth record in the 200m individual medley event at the 2003 Australian Championships and at the 2003 World Championship in Barcelona.
>his humble attitude and integrity has earned him praise from his peers
>won the most gold medals ever at a single World Championships.
>hosted and appeared on an abundance of non-sport related TV shows.
>IAAF awarded him the 2001 American International Athlete Trophy as “The World’s Most Outstanding Athlete”
>voted by the Foreign Press as the best representative of Australian culture, attitude and ideals, and was awarded the “2002 Australian Face Abroad Award”
>received the 2003 Outstanding Male Athlete for the 24th Commonwealth Sports Awards.
>Greatest Ever Male Sports Star – as voted by readers of The Daily Telegraph.
>2003 Telstra Australian Swimmer of the Year for the fifth consecutive year.
>first man since John Konrads, 40 years ago, to win every freestyle event from 100m to 800m at a national .
>has won an astonishing 19 national titles.
>has been renowned for being highly articulate, generous and empathetic.
>made history when he broke four world records in four days at the Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney.
>created and launched Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for youth Trust in 2000 which has allowed him to support children in need.
>At 14, Ian became the youngest male ever selected on an Australian swimming Team.
>named Thorpedo the same year he won 4 Commonwealth Games gold medals.
>named the 2000 Young Australian of the Year.
>Ian’s favourite past time is surfing.
>Ian’s first international prize was for a still life painting in Grade Four!

(Off the topic note: I had wondered if there is anyone who would tell all details or events in his/her life if asked: "How old are you?", just like the way we answered this question. But anyway good to know all those facts and congratulations for having such a super outstanding fellow who you can be proud of.)♥