See Where Your Favorite Olympic Athletes Are Today
From modern stars like McKayla Maroney and Usain Bolt to classics like Mary Lou Retton and Carl Lewis, see where are your favorite Olympic athletes are today…
Ian Thorpe – Swimmer, 38-Years-Old
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Swimmer Ian Thorpe became famous for his incredible skill in the freestyle and backstroke styles. In fact, with five gold medals, he has the most of any Australian Olympic athlete in history. That’s right!
Thrope also made headlines as one of the first openly gay Olympic athletes. “I’m comfortable saying I’m a gay man. And I don’t want people to feel the same way I did. You can grow up, you can be comfortable and you can be gay,” Thrope stated in 2014. “I am telling the world that I am gay … and I hope this makes it easier for others now, and even if you’ve held it in for years, it feels easier to get it out.”
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