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Afterwards, she concentrated on the 400 metres, and she competed in that event in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when it was on the Olympic program for women for the first time. Though not impressive in the heats, Cuthbert won the title for her fourth Olympic gold medal, beating Ann Packer of Great Britain in an Olympic record of 52.01. [ 15 ]
List of notable Australian sportswomen. List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, [ 1 ] Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized through public opinion lists. [ 2 ]
Fanny Durack, Stockholm Olympics, 1912 [3] Durack learned to swim in Sydney's Coogee Baths [2] in the South-Eastern Suburbs using breaststroke, the only style for which there was a championship for women at that time. In 1906 she won her first title, and over the next few years, dominated the Australian swimming scene.
2014 – Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to sport as a gold medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games. [27] 2014 – Sport Australia Hall of Fame The Don Award. [28] 2014 – Women's Health Sports Woman [29] 2017 – Australian Institute of Sport Female Athlete of the Year [30] 2017 – Athletics Australia Female Athlete of ...
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]
De la Hunty maintained her Olympic involvement in athlete administration, with the Australian teams during the 1968 and 1976 Olympics in Mexico City and Montreal. [2] She also coached sprinter Raelene Boyle for the 1976 Olympic season. [13] Along with her husband, de la Hunty had a longstanding involvement with the Australian Democrats.
Davis, a 2014 Olympic figure skating champion and 2010 silver medalist, also took to her Instagram Story on Thursday with a lengthy tribute. "My heart is shattered thinking of those sweet young ...
Betty Cuthbert (bib 468) winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Australia has won 83 medals: 22 gold, 29 silver, and 32 bronze medals. [1] Australian women have won 45 medals: 14 gold, 15 silver, and 16 bronze medals; Australia men have won 37 medals: 8 gold, 14 silver, and 15 bronze medals; Number of female athletes winning medals: 34 [2]