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Cathy Freeman was born on the 16 of Febuary 1973 in Mackay, Queensland
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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)
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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
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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)
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Awarded young Australian of the year
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Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain - Cathy Freeman become the first Australian Aboriginal to represent Australia at an Olympics
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Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada – Gold in the 200m and 400m.
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Olympics Games Atlanta, USA – silver medal and personal best 48.63 seconds.
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World Athletic Championships, Athens, Greece – gold 400m.
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awarded Australian of the Year, this is a great and prestigious award to earn.
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World Athletic Championships Seville, Spain – Gold 400m.
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Cathy was invited to be the only competing athlete to light the torch at the sydney 2000 olympic games
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Cathy Freeman anounced her retirement on this day
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This was the year that Cathy Freeman established the Cathy Freeman Foundation which helps the indiginous receive a better education