Cathy FreemanA BIOGRAPHY by EJ

Why she is famous?

Cathy Freeman was invited to

light the Olympic flame at the

opening ceremony of the Sydney

Olympic Games 2000. She won

the gold medal in the 400m, her

dream had come true.

The early years

• Catherine’s early childhood- She had having a lot of

fun running around and playing with her siblings and

friends. From an early age she realised that she not

only loved to run, but that she was good at it.

• Catherine (Cathy) Freeman was born on

16th February in Mackay, Queensland.

Achievements• She became the first female Australian

Aboriginal to win a gold medal at an

international athletics event

• 1991 awarded Young Australian of the Year

• 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain -

the first Australian Aboriginal to represent

Australia at an Olympics

• 1996 Olympics Games Atlanta, USA –

personal best 48.63 seconds

• 1998 awarded Australian of the Year

Games, Medals & Championships

• 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand

– Gold 4 x 100 metres relay team.

• 1994 Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada

– Gold in the 200m and 400m.

• 1996 Olympics Games Atlanta, USA

– Silver medal

• 1997 World Athletic Championships, Athens, Greece

– gold 400m.

• 1999 World Athletic Championships Seville, Spain – Gold 400m.

Hobbies / interest

• Her favourite hobby is running because she loves it and she has

won lots of medals

• She is a very fast runner, she always comes first in long

distance and short distance

• Name a distance and she can do it she’s very good at it

• On 15 July 2003 Catherine Freeman

announced her retirement from

competitive running.

• She now concentrates her time on

making a difference to others through

the Cathy Freeman Foundation

Cathy’s recent activities

Bibliography

• http://www.cathyfreeman.com.au/biography/

• http://www.girl.com.au/cathyfreeman.htm

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbEeLsctzNg