PEOPLE HE'S MET
The photos below are ones of Ian Thorpe with famous people he has met.
This is a pic of Ian and Her Majesty, The Queen when she came on a visit to Australia. The meeting was meant to last for only a few minutes but it ended up lasting alot longer than that!
This is a pic of Ian and the Prime Minister who he has met on several occasions.
This is a pic of Ian and Dawn Fraser who Ian says is a great pleasure to meet.
This is a pic of Ian and John Konrads who was the youngest Australian to ever make a national team until Ian came along. He was also the only Australian to have national titles in 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m until Ian did the same!
This is a pic of Ian and Murray Rose after racing each other. Murray had a head start and won comfortably. Afterwards Ian said he didn't mind loosing to such a great Olympic Champion.