Name: Ian Thorpe 

Nicknames: Thorpedo and Thorpey

D.O.B: 13/10/1982

Height: 195cm

Weight: 90kg

Shoe Size: 17

Residence: Milperra, Sydney

Family: Mother, Margaret (a teacher), Father, Ken (a gardener) and Sister Christina (an ex- long distance swimmer).

Occupation: Swimmer

Swimming Club: Aquadot, Sydney

Coach: Doug Frost

Sponsors: Sydney Water, QANTAS, Adidas, Mazda, Channel 7, Uncle Tobys and Omega.

Swimming Events: 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle. Someone did suggest that he do the 1500m but he insisted it is too far.

Education: When Ian was in high school he usually scored in the top 5% of all his subjects but mathematics. He started taking correspondence courses in 1998 and now plans to go to university.

Interests: Water-skiing, computer games, grunge music, going to the beach and watching television.

Fav Bands: I like various music: Blink 182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Destiny's Child, Greenday, Offspring and Tonic.

Fav Song: Walking on the Sun

Fav Movies: Billy Madison and Traffic

Fav T.V. Shows: Friends and Dharma and Greg

Fav Foods: Mum's Baked Dinner, Japanese Food, Ice Cream, Mango and Lindt Chocolate

Fav Drinks: Fresh Fruit Juice, Espresso Macchiato and Diet Coke

Fav Animals:Dolphins and Cheetahs

Heroes: Kieran Perkins, Alex Popov, Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz.

Other: He has a book written called 'Ian Thorpe: The Journey'