Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Thorpe dị afọ 14, ọ ghọrọ nwoke kasị bụrụ nwata nke nọchitere anya Australia, mmeri o meriri n'ọsọ ụkwụ 400 mita n'egwuregwu ịgba ọsọ n'egwuregwu n'egwuregwu n'egwuregwu n'afọ 1998 mere ka ọ bụrụ nwoke kasị bụrụ nwata n'egwuregwu ịgba ọsọ n'egwuregwu. Mgbe mmeri ahụ gasịrị, Thorpe chịrị 400 m freestyle, na-emeri ihe omume ahụ na Olympic, World, Commonwealth na Pan Pacific Swimming Championship ruo mgbe ezumike ya mgbe 2004 Olympics na Athens. Na 2001 World Aquatics Championships, ọ ghọrọ onye mbụ meriri ọla edo isii n'otu asọmpi ụwa. Ewezuga ihe ndekọ ụwa iri na atọ dị ogologo, Thorpe kwadoro ndị otu relay nke Australia, na-agbakọ mmeri na 4 × 100 m na 4 × 200 m freestyle relays na Sydney n'etiti ihe ndekọ ụwa ise ya. Mmeri ya na 200m na 400m na ọla nchara ya na
100 m freestyle na 2004 Summer Olympics mere ka ọ bụrụ naanị nwoke meriri nrite na njikọta 100 <unk> 200 <unk> 400. A na-akpọ ya "Torpedo" n'ihi ọsọ ọ na-agba n'egwu mmiri. Thorpe kwupụtara ezumike nka ya site na asọmpi igwu mmiri na Nọvemba 2006, na-ekwu maka mkpali na-ebelata; ọ laghachiri obere oge na 2011 na 2012.