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Who is Cathy Freeman?

Who is Cathy Freeman? B orn 16 February 1973 in Mackay, QLD. Cathy Freeman is a Aboriginal athlete who won the 2000 Olympics for 400 meters and in 1996. Her Achievements

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Who is Cathy Freeman?

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  1. Who is Cathy Freeman? Born 16 February 1973 in Mackay, QLD. Cathy Freeman is a Aboriginal athlete who won the 2000 Olympics for 400 meters and in 1996. Her Achievements 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand - Gold 4 x 100 metres relay team. With this medal win, she became the first female Australian Aboriginal to win a gold medal at an international athletics event.1991 awarded Young Australian of the Year1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain - Cathy Freeman become the first Australian Aboriginal to represent Australia at an Olympics1994 Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada – Gold in the 200m and 400m.1996 Olympics Games Atlanta, USA – silver medal and personal best 48.63 seconds.1997 World Athletic Championships, Athens, Greece – gold 400m.1998 awarded Australian of the Year1999 World Athletic Championships Seville, Spain – Gold 400m. Cathy Freeman is well known not only for winning the Olympics and her amazing athletic skills, but also for being Aboriginal. Her winning of the Olympics brought Australian’s and Aboriginals closer together and they were able to gain more respect. Cathy’s main inspiration for striving for her goal is her sister. Her sister was born with cerebral palsy and she was able to learnt a lot of life lessons from watching her. Cathy Freeman had to overcome many obstacles in her life to achieve her dreams. Her family was aboriginal and she had to train in bare feet as they could not afford training shoes. Now she is one of the most renowned athletes and she is focusing on her “Cathy Freeman Foundation.”

  2. Bibliography 'Cathy Freeman' 2011, Hutchinson's Biography Database, p. 1, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, viewed 8 September 2011. Cathy Freeman Biography Phillips, Andrew. “A Race for All Australia.” Maclean’s, October 9, 2000 McGregor, Adrian. Cathy Freeman: A Journey Just Begun. New York: Random House Gordon, Henry. The Time of Our Lives: Inside the Sydney Olympics, Australia and the Olympic Games, 1994-2002 Freeman, Cathy, and Scott Gullan. Cathy: Her Own Story. . New York: Viking, 2003.

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