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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] .
Jul 20, 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.
Cathy Freeman Wins 400m Gold - Sydney 2000 Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights from Cathy Freeman's Gold medal victory in the Women's 400m during the...
World Championship 400m wins in 1997 and 1999 made Cathy Freeman the favourite for the 2000 Sydney Games, where she was also given the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron. Under pressure to perform well for her home crowd, she won a resounding victory in the 400m final – Australia’s 100th Olympic gold medal.
Jul 19, 2024 · Cathy Freeman was the final torchbearer and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron. She was young, female and Aboriginal, marking the organisers’ hopes that the Games would promote reconciliation in Australia. Dressed in a white fireproof bodysuit, Freeman carried the torch up several flights of stairs.
Sep 25, 2015 · Cathy Freeman wins 400m gold - On This Day September 25. 📺 Watch all the #Paris2024 action LIVE! ️ https://go.olympics.com/watch 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe On ...
Sep 10, 2020 · Twenty years after Cathy Freeman carried the hopes of a nation at the Sydney Olympics, she shares her full story for the first time, and talks about the work that lies ahead.
Sep 14, 2020 · Now, she has re-lived everything surrounding the Sydney 2000 Games – her background, lighting the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony, and winning Olympic gold – in a new documentary about her life, FREEMAN, from Australian broadcaster ABC.
Ten days after lighting the flame at the opening ceremony, Cathy Freeman delivered in front of her family and fellow Australians to bring home the 400m Olymp...
Cathy Freeman’s role in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games embedded her name forever in Olympic history. She lit the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium - after the torch had been handled by six Australian women, who had between them won 15 gold medals - in an Opening Ceremony that celebrated both a century of women’s participation and the heritage ...
