Cathy Freeman

  • Cathy Freeman

    Cathy Freeman was born on the 16 of Febuary 1973 in Mackay, Queensland
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  • Scholarship

    In 1987 Catherine won a scholarship to Fairholme School but moved on to Kooralbyn International School to be coached professionally by Mike Danila. ( a date is not mentioned, only the year)
  • Training

    Cathy Freeman's step father, Bruce Barber coached her until this year, the date above is the correct year but a day is not mentioned
  • Commonwealth Games

    Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand - Gold 4 x 100 metres relay team. With this medal win, she became the first female Australian Aboriginal to win a gold medal at an international athletics event. ( a date is not mentioned, no exact dates are mentioned throughout this timeline)
  • Award

    Awarded young Australian of the year
  • Olympics

    Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain - Cathy Freeman become the first Australian Aboriginal to represent Australia at an Olympics
  • Commonwealth Games

    Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada – Gold in the 200m and 400m.
  • Olympics

    Olympics Games Atlanta, USA – silver medal and personal best 48.63 seconds.
  • World Athletic Championsships

    World Athletic Championships, Athens, Greece – gold 400m.
  • Australian of the year

    awarded Australian of the Year, this is a great and prestigious award to earn.
  • World Athletic Championships

    World Athletic Championships Seville, Spain – Gold 400m.
  • Sydney Olympics honour

    Cathy was invited to be the only competing athlete to light the torch at the sydney 2000 olympic games
  • Retirement

    Cathy Freeman anounced her retirement on this day
  • Cathy Freeman Foundation

    This was the year that Cathy Freeman established the Cathy Freeman Foundation which helps the indiginous receive a better education