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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]
The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round. The top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. There were a total number of 59 participating athletes.
She represented Australia in the Women's 400m and Women's 4 × 400 m Relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6] Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.25 seconds set in Birmingham in 2016. In 2019, Mitchell switched focus to the 800 metres , rapidly improving to her current personal best of 2:00.06.
Sarah Carli (born 5 September 1994) is an Australian track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] Representing Australia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships , she reached the semi-finals in women's 400 metres hurdles .
Below is a list of current Australian records in athletics as ratified by the national governing body, Athletics Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by an athlete or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by an athlete or team.
In the 4x100 women’s freestyle relay, Australia set a world record of 3:27.96 in a dominating win. The United States took second in 3:31.93, while China rounded out the podium with 3:32.40.
Ellie Beer (born 3 January 2003) is an Australian athlete. [2] She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. [3] At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Beer was a member of the Australian team that competed in the women's 4 x 400 metre relay.
Jana Pittman (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian former athlete.During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007.