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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 ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. [3]
Cathy Freeman OAM: 1991 Simon Fairweather OAM: 1992 Kieren Perkins OAM: 1993 No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994: 1994 Anna Bown: 1995 Poppy King ...
Australia is 13th on the all time medal table. Australia has won 15 gold medals, with 10 individual winners, and 45 medals total. Cathy Freeman, Jana Pittman, Kelsey-Lee Barber and Sally Pearson are Australia's only multiple gold medal winners, with two each; Freeman (bronze) and Pearson (silver) have also each won a place medal. [1]
Cathy Freeman, Australia's iconic Olympian, pays Matildas a surprise visit before Women’s World Cup. LUKE WINSTEL. July 18, 2023 at 6:17 AM. BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — During a recent team ...
This is a list of indigenous Australian (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) athletes and sportspeople. Sports is one of the areas of mainstream Australian society in which Indigenous Australians have been able to break through in some degree.
The Kooralbyn International School (TKIS) is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school, located in Kooralbyn, about 64 km south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. TKIS is the only school in Australia to have produced two Young Australian of the Year recipients (Cathy Freeman and Scott Hocknull).
Cathy Freeman Australia: 4 0.464 50.31 Q : 2 2 Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria: 6 0.196 50.49 Q : 3 5 Donna Fraser Great Britain: 8 0.194 50.77 Q : PB: 4 12 Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon: 5 0.200 51.08 Q: 5 21 La Tasha Colander-Richardson United States: 2 0.202 53.45 6 23 Damayanthi Darsha Sri Lanka: 1 0.234 52.35 7 29 Hana Benešová Czech Republic: 2 0. ...
The Australian Team also included triathletes for the first time, as the sport made its Commonwealth Games debut as a demonstration sport. The triathlon team included just one athlete, Michellie Jones , who would go on represent Australia at the Olympic Games, a decade later in Sydney when triathlon officially debuted on the world stage.