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Cathy Freeman. 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 ...
20 de jul. 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. Freeman began competitive running on the advice of her stepfather. At age 17 she won a gold medal at the 1990 ...
Cathy Freeman (Mackay, Queensland, 16 de fevereiro de 1973 [1]) é uma atleta australiana especialista nos 400 metros rasos. Foi a primeira atleta aborígene a representar a Austrália nos Jogos Olímpicos ( Atlanta 1996 ) e a vencer o Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo ( Atenas 1997 ).
9 de fev. de 2010 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights from Cathy Freeman's Gold medal victory in the Women's 400m during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gam...
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.
8 de jul. de 2021 · Let’s take Cathy’s spirit and make it last.” Christel Saneh for World Athletics. Artefacts from Freeman were recently among those added to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA). Freeman’s team t-shirt and bib number from the 1999 World Championships in Seville have been on long-term loan to the World Athletics Heritage Collection since 2019.
Há 2 dias · 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 of indigenous Australians.
10 de set. de 2020 · Freeman holding both flags after the 400m gold was a uniting gesture. (AAP: Dean Lewis) "We want young people to stay in their communities if that's what they want to do," Ms Colgan said. "But if ...
14 de set. de 2020 · Cathy FREEMAN Athletics. "It just feels like a dream." Even 20 years after she carried the hopes of a nation to win 400m Olympic gold in front of a raucous home crowd in Sydney, Cathy Freeman still can't quite believe what she achieved, and what her win meant for her country. It was a turbulent time politically – Australia was trying to come ...
Australian Cathy Freeman won the most anticipated 2000 Olympic gold medal in Sydney in the 400m on home soil in front of 112,000 roaring fans and millions around the world watching on television. Eleven days prior to becoming an Olympic champion, Freeman, an Aborigine, had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in the Opening Ceremony to ...
