How tall is Ian Thorpe?
Ian Thorpe's listed height is 195 cm (6'5"). He is taller than about 99% of men in Australia.
Where 195 cm sits among men in Australia
Taller than about 99% of men in Australia born in 1982 (average 179 cm).
About Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He was born on 13 October 1982 in Sydney. At 14 he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia.
Thorpe won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals he was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in his hometown of Sydney. His win in the 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 World Championships in Perth made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion, and he later won the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific championship until his break after the 2004 Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships he became the first person to win six gold medals at one World Championship. He set 13 individual long-course world records, is nicknamed Thorpedo, and has won eleven World Championship gold medals.
Thorpe has a listed height of 195 cm (6'5").
Frequently asked
How tall is Ian Thorpe in feet and inches? Ian Thorpe is 6'5" tall, which is 195 cm, 76.8 inches or 1.95 m.
Is Ian Thorpe tall for men in Australia? At 195 cm he is taller than about 99% of men in Australia born in 1982, whose average height is 179 cm.
Sources
- Ian Thorpe on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Ian Thorpe on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 195 cm.
- Ian Thorpe on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.
Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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