Ian Thorpe won five Olympic gold medals, the greatest total of any Australian. As his first Olympics approached, in Sydney, he had broken 10 world records - four of them in four days at the 1999 Pan Pacific titles. On the first night of Sydney 2000 he won the 400m freestyle, breaking his own word record, then combined with his team to inflict the United States’ first defeat ever in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, setting another world record. At Athens 2004, Ian won the 200m freestyle - billed as “the race of the century” - against Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband and American Michael Phelps.In April 2018, Ian was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee. . . . . . . . Thank you to Lotus Cars for being our very special parter for this Olympics series. Lotus has created the new cutting edge Olympic bike to be raced by Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics – 25 years after the Lotus 108 helped Chris Boardman win a gold medal. It is an incredible design you really have to see for yourself! Check it out at lotuscars.com We have a brand new newsletter out for our members club THE HIGH PERFORMANCE CIRCLE! This month we have exclusive content including: Exclusive Podcast: Ric Lewis. Ric Lewis shared for the first time his 12 principles to a successful life and businessWinning when it’s impossible - Cath BishopMindset in Conflict zones - Hamish de Breton-GordonSelf-belief is Like a Muscle - Ben SaundersGo to www.thehighperformancepodcast.com to sign up for FREE! Want more from the High Performance Podcast? We have a book coming out! PRE-ORDER NOW: smarturl.it/hv0sdz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.