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Athletic career. Betty Cuthbert, 100m final, 1956 Olympics. Cuthbert was a member of the Western Suburbs Athletic Club. [1] At the age of 18, with the 1956 Summer Olympics to be held in Melbourne, Cuthbert set a World Record in the 200 metres, making her one of the favourites for a gold in that event.
Elizabeth "Betty" Alyse Cuthbert, AM MBE (Sydney, 20 de abril de 1938 – Perth, 6 de agosto de 2017) foi uma velocista e campeã olímpica australiana, detentora de quatro medalhas de ouro em provas de velocidade conquistadas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 e Tóquio 1964.
Há 3 dias · Cuthbert is the only Olympic sprinter, man or woman, to have won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Between 1956 and 1964 she set or equaled 18 world records over 60m, 100 yards, 220 yards and 400m, and in the 4x100 and 4x220 relays. In 1979, Cuthbert was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Betty Cuthbert was an Australian sprinter, who starred at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she won three gold medals; she added a fourth gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Cuthbert began running at age eight and was trained by a schoolteacher in the little New South.
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7 de ago. de 2017 · The Australian sprinter, who won the 100m, 200m and 400m at the 1956 Melbourne Games, passed away after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was also the first woman to win the 400m at the 1960 Rome Olympics and was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2012.
7 de ago. de 2017 · A australiana Betty Cuthbert, única atleta na história dos Jogos Olímpicos a conquistar medalhas de ouro em três provas de velocidade – 100, 200 e 400 metros – morreu neste domingo aos 79 anos. A ex-atleta sofria de esclerose múltipla.
Betty Cuthbert: A Humble Champion. Only 18 years old at the time of the 1956 Olympics, Australian Betty Cuthbert emerged as the single most outstanding women’s track-and-field athlete of the Games—and as an inspiration to young runners everywhere.
