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Freeman was the first Indigenous Australian person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990. [5] . The year 1994 was her breakthrough season. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m.
6 days ago · 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.
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 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.
Cathy Freeman was born in Queensland on 16 February, 1973. Cathy became involved in athletics at a very young age and won her first race at eight years old. During her 2000 Olympic Games victory lap in the 400 metre sprint she carried both the Australian and Aboriginal flags — a symbol of reconciliation and pride in her Aboriginal cultural ...
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.
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.
PUBLICATION: Cathy Freeman with Scott Gullan, Her Own Story, Penguin, Victoria, 2003. SEX: Female. BIRTH DATE: 16 February 1973. BIRTH PLACE: Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland. FIRST LANGUAGE: English. SIGNIFICANT LOCALITIES: Mackay, Queensland: Cathy was born in Mackay, and grew up in a housing-commission on Burston Street. (p.4)
Sep 25, 2016 · Cathy Freeman, the hugely popular athlete, and favourite for the 400m championship, was cheered to victory by 110,000 spectators at Sydney Olympic Stadium, in what was a stunning performance.
2 days ago · Olympic hero Cathy Freeman believes she will never fully understand the lasting impact her gold medal run in the women's 400m final at Sydney 2000 has had on the nation.. Appearing on Nine's Today on the eve of Paris 2024, host Karl Stefanovic revealed that Nine used vision of Freeman's stunning run as part of its pitch for the broadcast rights for five Olympic Games through to 2032.
