Ian Thorpe is Australia's most successful Olympian. His best chance for qualifying for the 2012 Australian Olympic Team is in the 200m freestyle. See what he has to do below -

Age: 29
Born: Sydney, NSW
Resides: Sydney, NSW
Height: 195cm

What he needs to do:

Top two finish and A qualifying time to earn individual Olympic berth

Top six and B qualifying time to be considered for selection as 4x200m freestyle relay swimmer.

Comeback swims in 200m freestyle

Riccione, Italy (Dec) 1:51.51

Victorian championships (Jan) 1:50.79

Luxembourg (Jan) 1:51.51

Career best time 1:44.06 (Fukuoka, 2001)

Olympic A qualifying time 1:47.82

Olympic B qualifying time 1:51.59


OLYMPIC MEDALS: 9

Gold: 5 (most by an Australian): 400m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle - 2000 Sydney Olympics; 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle - 2004 Athens Olympics.
Silver: 3: 200m freestyle, 4x100m medley - 2000 Sydney; 4x200m freestyle relay - 2004 Athens.
Bronze: 1: 100m freestyle - 2004 Athens.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
* World records set: 22 (18 long course, 4 short course)

* World championship medals: 13 (11 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

* Commonwealth Games medals: 11 (10 gold, 1 silver)

* Youngest ever individual world champion: 15 (400m freestyle, 1998)

* Youngest male selected to represent Australia: 14 (1997 Pan Pacific Championships)

* World swimmer of the year four times (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002)

* Retired November 21, 2006, aged 24

* Announced comeback on February 2, 2011

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