Cathy Freeman is an Australian former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. Born in Mackay, Queensland, on 16 February 1973, she was the first Indigenous Australian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, at 16. She took silver at the 1996 Olympics, won the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, and won Olympic gold in 2000 in Sydney, where she had also lit the Olympic flame. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds remains among the fastest times of all time. She retired in 2003 and founded the Cathy Freeman Foundation in 2007.
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is an Australian former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event
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born 16 February 1973
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She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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is an Australian former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event
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is an Australian former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event
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She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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She also won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics
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