Ian Thorpe with fellow Olympic legend Cathy Freeman at the Stadium Australia Hall of Fame gala dinner on the 25th year anniversary of the Sydney Olympics at Accor Stadium on September 15, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard.
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe has listed the Woollahra apartment he bought just two years ago for auction and he’s prepared to sell it for the same price he paid.
The stylish three-bedroom apartment in the Harry Seidler-designed Arlington block in Edgecliff Rd appeared on realestate.com.au on Friday.
It’s set to go under the hammer with a $2.8m guide for a December 4 auction via Ray White Double Bay’s Jordan L’Estrange and Warren Ginsberg.
Thorpey, who celebrated his 43rd birthday on October 13 on Lord Howe Island with friends,
bought it for $2.79m in July, 2023.
He still owns a four-bedroom apartment around the corner in Ocean St, purchased in December 2017 for $2.75m.
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30/351 Edgecliff Rd, Edgecliff has a $2.8m guide for a December 4 auction.
Incredible views.
It’s in the Harry Seidler-designed block Arlington.
It‘s been rented out for $1,850 per week, having previously been listed for sale with for $3.5m guide last October and passing in on a vendor bid of $3.95m the year before.
It’s unclear if the swimming legend is planning to move back there or buy elsewhere.
The Edgecliff Rd property is likely to be popular, spanning two levels and full of natural light.
It’s close by Double Bay village and has sweeping views from the city skyline to Manly. This north-east facing residence features generous-sized bedrooms, an entertainers kitchen and a sun-soaked balcony.
An entertainer’s kitchen.
There are three bedrooms.
And two bathrooms.
The 164sq m apartment last sold in 2016 for $2.37m.
Thorpe, who retired in 2016, won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon.
He was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Thorpe, who came out as gay during an appearance on UK talk show host Michael Parkinson’s program in 2014, was a prominent voice in the 2017 Yes campaign.
He is currently single, with his most publicly acknowledged gay relationship with model and law student Ryan Channing, who died in 2022.
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