
This Is Me
The Autobiography
Ian Thorpe(Author)
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4711-0123-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding 11 World Championship titles and ten Commonwealth Games gold medals. He has broken 22 world records and won five gold, three silver and one bronze Olympic medals. Having been under the spotlight since he was a young teenager, he retired from competitive swimming in 2006, but after five years he mounted a comeback for London 2012, and intense media attention followed. Thorpe is one of the world's most famous sportsmen, but it is the way he has managed his success and his commitment to helping others that has earned him respect and admiration internationally. This is a man who has had highs and lows away from the pool, who has led an extraordinary life of an elite athlete that most of us will never know, and who had the courage to come back and stake his claim for the ultimate goal once more.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
16pp colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4711-0123-6 (9781471101236)
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E-Book
10/2012
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
€9.02
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Person
Ian Thorpe is a world-famous freestyle swimmer. At the age of 14, he became the youngest male swimmer ever to represent Australia and the youngest ever individual male World Champion. He has won nine Olympic medals (five gold) and eleven World Championship golds.