Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pazera remakore 14, Thorpe akava murume muduku kudarika vose vakambomiririra Australia, uye kukunda kwake mumakwikwi emamita 400 akasununguka paPerth World Championships muna 1998 kwakaita kuti ave mukwikwidzi wechiduku kudarika vose wenyika. Pashure pokukunda ikoko, Thorpe akatonga 400 m freestyle, achikunda chiitiko chacho paOlympic, World, Commonwealth uye Pan Pacific Swimming Championships kusvikira aputsa mushure maOlympics a2004 muAthens. Pa2001 World Aquatics Championships, akava munhu wokutanga kuhwina menduru dzendarama nhanhatu muWorld Championship imwe. Kunze kwe 13 marekodhi epasirese epamhepo refu, Thorpe akasimbisa zvikwata zveAustralia zvekumhanyisa, achiverenga kukunda mu4 × 100 m uye 4 × 200 m freestyle relays muSydney pakati pezvinyorwa zvake zvishanu zvepasirese. Kukunda kwake mumamita 200 uye 400 uye ndarira yake mumamita 100 akasununguka
kumaOlympics ezhizha ra2004 akaita kuti ave iye chete murume akakunda menduru mu100<unk>200<unk>400 mubatanidzwa. Akawana zita remadunhurirwa rokuti "Torpedo" nemhaka yokumhanya kwake mukushambira. Thorpe akazivisa kupera kwake kubva kumakwikwi ekushambira munaNovember 2006, achitaura nezvekuderera kwekukurudzira; akaita kudzoka kwenguva pfupi muna 2011 na2012.