Thorpe reveals battle with depression
The swimmer also uses the book to address persistent rumours about his sexuality, saying: "For the record, I am not gay", adding that he would one day like to have a family.
The soon-to-be-released book "This is Me: The Autobiography" describes the athlete's struggle with what he describes as "crippling" depression, which led him at times to drink large quantities of alcohol.
"I even considered specific places or a specific way to kill myself -- but then always baulked, realising how ridiculous it was. Could I have killed myself?" the year-old wrote in an excerpt in the Sydney Morning Herald.
"Looking back, I don't think so but there were days in my life that even now make me shudder."
Known as the "Thorpedo", the Olympic great retired in after a glittering career in which he ruled the pool from to , taking nine Olympic medals and 11 world titles and setting 13 long course world records.
The new book reveals that Thorpe, under intense media scrutiny from his teens, often felt like "a performing seal" and retiring at the age of just 24 was about r
This Is Me: The Autobiography
Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding eleven World Championship titles and ten Commonwealth Games gold medals. He has broken twenty-two world records and won five gold, three silver and one bronze Olympic medals. Having been under the spotlight since he was a young teenager, Thorpe retired from competitive swimming in because of the intense pressure he felt, but five years later he decided to make a hugely publicised comeback. Thorpe is one of the world's most successful sportsmen, but it is the way he has managed his triumphs and his commitment to helping others that have earned him respect and admiration internationally. Thorpe's autobiography follows him all the way from his childhood in Sydney right up to the London 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, who has faced up to his own demons, and who has the courage to come back and stake his claim for the ultimate goal once more.
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This Is Me
Personally, I think he is the best technical swimmer there is. His movement in the water is like art. He was like a fish or a merman even around 15 when I first saw his swimming so when he suddenly retired too early, he seemed worn down. This book shows how he fell in love with the sport, and why he chose to come back. This is in a diary format in present when he failed bid to make the Olympic team. The flashbacks are not chronological, but they won't be confusing.
I always thought he was one of the shyest athletes I've ever seen. He is not the typical alpha male athlete. Too sensitive, very shy and very private. In this he is very honest about the low points in his life and the reader sees how it must've been like outside the pool - a remarkable person: intelligent, determined, talented, and most importantly, human, something media didn't seem to understand. I never understood the comparisons between him and Michael Phelps other than Phelps stating that he idolized Thorpe a
Robert Wainwright is an Australian author and journalist, based in London, with more than 30 years experience in national daily newspapers.
He has won a number of journalism awards over the years, most notably as a three-time finalist in Australia's most prestigious journalism prize, the Walkley Awards.
His career as an author grew from journalism and he has now written 15 non-fiction books, ranging from crime and mystery to biographies and social history. His book Sheila: The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society was an international best seller.
Four of the books have been finalists in prominent Australian and British literary awards.
In his book Maverick Mountaineer, the biography of the pioneer climber and scientist George Ingle-Finch, won the Times Biography of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards. He has also ghosted the autobiographies of several prominent sportsmen including the Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe (short-listed at the British Sportsbook Awards) and the Test cricketer and now Australian coach Justin Langer.
One book, The Killing of Caroline Byrne, was turned into a successful television movie and another, Rose: The unauthorised biograph
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