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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, sprinter who excelled in the 400-metre dash and who at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney became the first Australian Aboriginal person to win an individual gold medal. Learn more about Freeman’s life and career, including her other medals and titles.
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Homecoming win. 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.
4 de dic. de 2022 · Life after the Olympics. Cathy Freeman was named Young Australian of the Year in 1990. In 2001 she received the Medal of the Order of Australia and was named the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year. Freeman retired from running in 2003.
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.
Biography. An Australian household name, Cathy Freeman can be heralded as one of Australia’s greatest ever sportspeople. Cathy was the leader for athletics in Australia during the 1990s and at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, inspiring thousands of Australians to pursue the sport.
