Has Ian Thorpe ever been to college yet or only been swimming since he graduated from high school, and now hes
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Ian Thorpe never finished Year 12 at school.  He completed year 10 by correspondence and focused himself entirely on his swimming.  I'm sure he could pull some strings to get into a college, but if he could not he would have to complete another two years of school. I don't think he will ever go to college because of the amount of options he has and the amount of money he makes.
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Yes it is,its one of the best and one of the most prolific sports there is, swimmers are amongst the most elite finess regimes there is and are far superior than footballers. nearly all countries compete at swimming, Soccer is no 1. Basketball is No 2. Swimming is No 3.Why do you think Swimming is the highlight of any international sporting Games events ie: Olympic Games/Panam games etc, your right your class 8 grade guys are not very smart in fact their dumbasses and would probally drown if they go in the water.
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there's a 500m event?\nstrange, my boyfriend swims 400m, 800m and 1500m, but not 500m.\nwho knows - maybe you could swim it and set a new record in this new event
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It will probably only make a difference if you want to play water polo in college.  Being on the varsity team at anytime during high school is good to put on your college app., the fact that your a freshman indicates you're very good, but again it will probably only impress the coaches.  If you are really concerned about spicing up your college app., don't underestimate good grades, and VOLUNTEER somewhere, doing some kind of public service work during your time in high school.
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No he is not, but he has plenty of time, he is only 25. He is still currently seeing his college sweetheart who is still in school at Oregon St.
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My high school still requires freshman to take the swim test and if they can't pass it, they have to keep retaking it. In fact, all freshman and sophmores have to take P.E. and pass it to graduate. In P.E., we run 3 miles a week and play sports for an hour every Mon., Wed., and Friday. They even offer weight training classes as electives for sophmores, juniors and seniors. Our school has wrestling teams, basketball, volleyball, tennis, baseball, and track teams. Most of the kids in my school are pretty fit, but a small amount of them are obese.
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You said you've recently graduated. His whole world is chaging. Give him time to get used to life out of high school. Maybe he'll come around.
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holy moly, kingfish!\n\nshe is 'studding' in a college at a far away distant city?\n\nthis could be a problem.
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"Professional"?  There hasn't been a single professional swimmer ever.  Mark Spitz managed to live off of endorsements for a few years but eventually had to get a job other than being a swimmer.\n\nI suggest starting with the local parks and recreational organisation - they'll have an idea of where he can learn or join a team (if he's old enough).
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Sounds like a typical high school thing to do. He IS in High School, right? \nOtherwise, I would venture to say he has some growing up to do.
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I havent but is he/she In the NBA or college
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ian...because of his performance at ncaas last year, and before that he dropped 2 seconds out of nowhere to set the world record in the 100 fly at 50.something (that is still one of the best races i have ever seen)
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I don't think he has personally. He was just a guy that played sport and was really good at it.\n\nHe may have done charity work off the field but I do not know of any.\n\nBut I guess if you want to find anything at all, you could say he inspired others to succeed??
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No, however there was a wide receiver by the name of Craphonso Thorpe with Florida State a couple years ago.
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No. He said that he wanted to get a college degree and he committed before the new age limit rule of the NBA.\n\nHis name is Greg Oden.
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I don't think that you swam in the Olympics because you other question said that you wanted to be in the 2017 Olympics which isn't an Olympic year (it's 2016).\n\nBut my guess for getting the ten points is that you won one silver and one bronze medal in relays.
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Quite tough, but I think I have to go with Phelps.  As a swimmer, Phelps is on a similar level as Thorpedo in the freestyle events, but he really dominates butterfly and IM.  \n\nThat said, I do prefer Thorpe's stroke.  I find that Phelps, who breaths every stroke in the butterly and every two in the freestyle, to have a "lazy" looking stoke (but very effective...).  I like Thorpe's attitude better too.