What year did Cathy Freeman win gold medal?

What year did Cathy Freeman win gold medal?

World Championship 400m wins in 1997 and 1999 made Cathy Freeman the favourite for the 2000 Sydney Games, where she was also given the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron. Under pressure to perform well for her home crowd, she won a resounding victory in the 400m final – Australia’s 100th Olympic gold medal.

What sport did Cathy Freeman impact?

Cathy became involved in athletics at a very young age and won her first race at eight years old. During her 2000 Olympic Games victory lap in the 400 metre sprint she carried both the Australian and Aboriginal flags — a symbol of reconciliation and pride in her Aboriginal cultural heritage.

What awards did Cathy Freeman win?

Memorable Performance of the Year ESPY Award
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the YearArthur Ashe Courage Award
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Was Cathy Freeman the first Aboriginal to win a gold medal?

Cathy Freeman, byname of Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, (born February 16, 1973, Mackay, Queensland, Australia), Australian sprinter who excelled in the 400-metre dash and who in 2000 became the first Australian Aboriginal person to win an individual Olympic gold medal.

What national award did Cathy Freeman win in 1991?

Freeman was the first Australian Indigenous person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990. The year 1994 was her breakthrough season. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m….Cathy Freeman.

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What Olympics has Cathy Freeman been to?

She became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame. Freeman was the first Australian Indigenous person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990….Cathy Freeman.

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What race did Cathy Freeman win?

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and came first at the 1997 World Championships in the 400 m event….Cathy Freeman.

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How old was Cathy Freeman at the 2000 Olympics?

When did Cathy Freeman win her second Olympic medal?

Cathy Freeman taking a victory lap at the Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000. Popular both on and off the track, Freeman won the prestigious Australian of the Year honour in 1998. Two years later she captured her second world championship title in the 400-metre race.

What did Cathy Freeman win at the Commonwealth Games?

Competing at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also competed as a member of Australia’s 4 × 100 m squad, winning the silver medal and as a member of the 4 × 400 m team, who finished first but were later disqualified.

Why was Cathy Freeman chosen to light the Olympic flame?

Two years later she captured her second world championship title in the 400-metre race. For the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, she was chosen to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony, an act some regarded as a move toward Aboriginal reconciliation ( see Cathy Freeman: The Heart of a Nation ).

What was Cathy Freeman’s career goal at 14?

At fourteen, Cathy told her vocational officer that her only career goal was to win an Olympic medal. By then, she had already won national titles in high jump, and the 100, 200 and 400 metre sprints.