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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (Mackay, 16 de febrero de 1973) es una atleta australiana de etnia aborigen, especialista en pruebas de velocidad y que fue campeona olímpica de los 400 m lisos en Sídney 2000.
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] .
3 de may. de 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.
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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.
8 de jul. de 2021 · 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.
3 de oct. de 2023 · Subcampeona olímpica en Atlanta y bicampeona mundial en los 400 metros en 1997 y 1999, Freeman encaró los juegos bajo la enorme presión de tomarse desquite de la francesa Marie-Josee Perec,...
4 de dic. de 2022 · 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.
