Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake da shekaru 14, Thorpe ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta namiji da ya taɓa wakiltar Ostiraliya, kuma nasarar da ya samu a tseren mita 400 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1998 a Perth ta sa ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta a duniya. Bayan wannan nasarar, Thorpe ya mamaye tseren mita 400, inda ya lashe gasar a kowane Gasar Olympics, Duniya, Commonwealth da Pan Pacific Swimming Championships har zuwa hutunsa bayan wasannin Olympics na 2004 a Athens. A Gasar Cin Kofin Ruwa ta Duniya ta 2001, ya zama mutum na farko da ya lashe lambobin zinare shida a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya daya. Baya ga mutum 13 na dogon lokaci na duniya, Thorpe ya kafa ƙungiyoyin relay na Ostiraliya, yana ƙididdige nasarar da ya samu a cikin 4 × 100 m da 4 × 200 m freestyle relays a Sydney a cikin tarihinsa na duniya guda biyar. Gasar da ya lashe a tseren mita 200 da 400 da kuma tagulla a tseren mita 100 na kyauta
a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004 ya sanya shi kadai namiji da ya lashe lambobin yabo a cikin 100 <unk> 200 <unk> 400 hade. Ya sami laƙabin "Torpedo" saboda saurinsa a iyo. Thorpe ya sanar da yin ritaya daga gasar yin iyo a watan Nuwamba na 2006, yana mai ambaton raguwar motsawa; ya yi ɗan gajeren dawowa a cikin 2011 da 2012.