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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. [2] Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the eighth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec 's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. [3]
May 3, 2024 · Cathy Freeman (born February 16, 1973, Mackay, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian sprinter who excelled in the 400-metre dash and who in 2000 became the first Australian Aboriginal person to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Freeman began competitive running on the advice of her stepfather.
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Sep 10, 2020 · Freeman holding both flags after the 400m gold was a uniting gesture. (AAP: Dean Lewis) "We want young people to stay in their communities if that's what they want to do," Ms Colgan said. "But if ...
(pp.12-14) However, while Cecelia Freeman still loved Norman, he rebuffed her offer to move to Woorabinda, because of his destructive lifestyle. (p.14) Norman Freeman’s death, when Cathy was in competing in Europe, was a source of both relief and grief. When competing in the Sydney Olympics, Cathy regretted her father’s absence. RELIGION:
Cathy FREEMAN Athletics. "It just feels like a dream." Even 20 years after she carried the hopes of a nation to win 400m Olympic gold in front of a raucous home crowd in Sydney, Cathy Freeman still can't quite believe what she achieved, and what her win meant for her country. It was a turbulent time politically – Australia was trying to come ...
Sep 11, 2020 · Two dramatic narratives arc through this documentary that marks 20 years since Cathy Freeman’s Olympic triumph: her reflections as an elite athlete, and our experience as a nation of spectators.
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Jul 8, 2021 · Cathy Freeman: Running for her people. Cathy Freeman (© Christel Saneh) Nineteen million Australians had their eyes on one athlete at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: Cathy Freeman. And 112,000 people were watching her live at the Olympic Stadium on the night of 25 September. They all witnessed her lighting the Olympic cauldron at the beginning ...
