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Cathy Freeman

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Cathy Freeman
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipAustralia Edit
Country for sportAustralia Edit
Name wey dem give amCathy Edit
Family nameFreeman Edit
Ein date of birth16 February 1973 Edit
Place dem born amSlade Point Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationsprinter, athletics competitor Edit
Educate forKooralbyn International School Edit
Religion anaa worldviewBaháʼí Faith Edit
Sportathletics Edit
Sports discipline competed in200 metres Edit
Participant insyd2000 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics, 2002 Commonwealth Games, 1994 Commonwealth Games Edit
Significant eventlighting the Olympic cauldron Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.cathyfreeman.com.au Edit

Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) be an Australian former sprinter, wey specialise insyd de 400 metres event.[1] Ein personal best of 48.63 seconds currently dey rank am as de ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while na she fini second to Marie-José Pérec ein number-four time at de 1996 Olympics.[2] She cam be de Olympic champion for de women's 400 metres at de 2000 Summer Olympics, at wich na she light de Olympic Flame.

Na Freeman be de first female Indigenous Australian make she cam be a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 insyd 1990. Na de year 1994 be ein breakthru season. At de 1994 Commonwealth Games insyd Canada, Freeman win gold insyd both de 200 m den 400 m. She sanso win de silver medal at de 1996 Olympics wey na she cam first at de 1997 World Championships insyd de 400 m event. Insyd 1998, Freeman take a break from running secof injury. She return from injury in form plus a first-place finish insyd de 400 m at de 1999 World Championships. She announce ein retirement from athletics insyd 2003.

Insyd 2007, she found de Cathy Freeman Foundation, wich change names twice (to Community Spirit Foundation[3] den later to Murrup[4]). She be of de Kuku-yalanji den Birri-gubba peoples.[5]

Career

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Prior to 1987

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Na Cathy Freeman be successful insyd school athletics events. After 1987, na step poppie, Bruce Barber, coach am to various regional den national titles.[6]

1987–1989

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Insyd 1987, Freeman move go Kooralbyn International School wey na she coached professionally by Romanian Mike Danila, wey later cam be a key influence thru out ein career; he provide a strict training regime give de young athlete.[6][7]

Ein life matter

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Na dem born Freeman insyd 1973 at Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland, to Norman Freeman den Cecelia Barber. Na dem born Norman insyd Woorabinda of de Birri Gubba people; na dem born Cecelia on Palm Island insyd Queensland, wey she be of Kuku Yalanji heritage. Moreover, Freeman sanso get Syrian ancestry.[8][9][10] Na dem raise Freeman den ein bros Gavin, Garth, den insyd Mackay den insyd oda parts of Queensland. She sanso get an older sister, Anne-Marie, wey na dem born insyd 1966 wey she die insyd 1990. Anne-Marie get cerebral palsy wey na she spend much of ein life insyd de Birribi care facility insyd Rockhampton.[11]

Competition record

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International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Results
She dey represent Australia
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.87
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 15th (sf) 100 m 11.87 (wind: -1.3 m/s)
5th 200 m 23.61 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m relay 45.01
1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.42
World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 2nd 200 m 23.25 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.28
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria Canada 1st 200 m 22.25
1st 400 m 50.38
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.43
IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 2nd 400 m 50.04
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 400 m 50.60
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.88
1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States 2nd 400 m 48.63
IAAF Grand Prix Final Milan, Italy 1st 400 m 49.60
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 400 m 49.77
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 400 m 49.67
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.04
World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.87
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 6th 200 m 22.53
1st 400 m 49.11
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.81
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, Great Britain 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.63

National championships

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1990 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 2nd 100 m
1990 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 3rd 200 m
1991 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m
1992 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia 2nd 200 m
1992 Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia 3rd 400 m
1993 Australian Championships Queensland, Australia 2nd 200 m
1994 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 100 m
1994 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m
1995 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 2nd 200 m
1995 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 400 m
1996 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 100 m
1996 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m
1997 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 2nd 200 m
1997 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 1st 400 m
1998 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 1st 400 m
1999 Australian Championships Melbourne, Australia 1st 400 m
2000 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m
2000 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 400 m
2003 Australian Championships Brisbane, Australia 1st 400 m

Circuit performances

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2000 Golden League 2000 – Exxon Mobil Bislett Games Oslo, Norway 1st 400 m
2000 Golden League 2000 – Herculis Zepter Monaco 1st 400 m
2000 Golden League 2000 – Meeting Gaz de France de Paris Paris, France 1st 200 m
2000 Golden League 2000 – Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium 1st 400 m
2000 Grand Prix 2000 – Athletissima 2000 Lausanne, Switzerland 1st 400 m
2000 Grand Prix 2000 – CGU Classic Gateshead, Great Britain 1st 200 m
2000 Grand Prix 2000 – Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne, Australia 1st 400 m
2000 Grand Prix 2000 – Tsiklitiria Meeting Athens, Greece 1st 400 m

References

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  1. ↑ "Cathy Freeman: Running for her people". World Athletics. 2021-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ↑ "Senior Outdoor 400 Metres Women". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Our Story". Community Spirit Foundation (in English). Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Murrup | Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation I home". Murrup (in English). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ↑ Australian Overseas Information Service (1993). "Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Cathy Freeman, Athlete".
  7. ↑ Eamonn Condon (27 May 2001). "Freeman, still on the top of the world". The Electronic Telegraph. Retrieved 10 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Cathy Freeman OAM, b. 1973". National Portrait Gallery people. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Aiton, Jessie (2022). "Meandering through the Windsor Hotel when I encountered a memorable culture clash: Doug Aiton reflects on his interview with Cathy Freeman".
  10. ↑ "Face of the new, multicultural Australia". The New Zealand Herald (in New Zealand English). 2000-09-19. Retrieved 2024-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ Cos I'm Free (AKA Cathy Freeman) Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Transcript, Message Stick, ABC Television, 11 March 2006.

Read further

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  • Freeman, Cathy (2007) Born to Run Melbourne, Penguin Books Australia.  ISBN 9780143302384
  • Hutcheon, Stephen (12 September 2020). "Tripping the flow: The clever physics hack behind Cathy Freeman's golden Olympic run". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  • McGregor, A. (1998) Cathy Freeman; A Journey Just Begun. Milsons Point, Random House Australia.  ISBN 0-09-183649-2
  • White, L. (2013) "Cathy Freeman and Australia's Indigenous Heritage: A New Beginning for an Old Nation at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games", International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp 153–170 ( ).
  • White, L. (2010) "Gender, Race and Nation at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: Mediated Images of Ian Thorpe and Cathy Freeman". In L. K. Fuller (ed.) Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Global and Universal Contexts. New York: Peter Lang, pp 185–200 ( ).
  • White, L. (2008) "One Athlete, One Nation, Two Flags: Cathy Freeman and Australia's Search for Aboriginal Reconciliation", Sporting Traditions, Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp 1–19 ( ).
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