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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